William Haughey, Baron Haughey

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William Haughey, Baron Haughey

William Haughey, Baron Haughey Kt , OBE , (born July 2, 1956 in Glasgow ) is a Scottish businessman , philanthropist and chairman of City Refrigeration Holdings. He was a former non-executive director of the Celtic Football Club and signed a contract with ASDA in 1997 to maintain the refrigeration systems in their nationwide offices.

Life

He married Susan Haughey, b. Moore, and has a daughter, Kenny Haughey. In 1985 he and his wife founded City Refrigeration, a refrigeration appliance manufacturer with headquarters in Gorbals , Glasgow .

Willie Haughey has donated over £ 5,000,000 to charities over the past 5 years. In January 2011, he handed a check for £ 100,000 to UNICEF Ambassador Sir Alex Ferguson to help children in flooded areas of Pakistan . In 2010 alone he donated more than £ 1,300,000.

Haughey has been mentioned in several newspaper reports in connection with Steven Purcell's resignation . The 2010 Sunday Times Rich List estimated his net worth at £ 150,000,000, over € 175,000,000 as of Jan. 2020.

Haughey was named Officer of the Order of the British Empire in 2003 and was awarded a Knight Bachelor's degree in the 2012 Birthday Honors for his services to business and non-profit organizations . On August 1, 2013, it was announced that he would sit as a Labor Peer in the House of Lords . On September 18, 2013, he was promoted to Life Peer with the title Baron Haughey , of Hutchesontown in the City of Glasgow .

He was the 2005 Honorary Doctorate ( Honorary Doctor of Technology ) of the Glasgow Caledonian University awarded.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ PressTeam Scotland Ltd - Tycoon unveils house plans ( Memento of December 10, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ↑ Russell Leadbetter, "I may be a millionaire but ..." In: Evening Times . October 3, 2007
  3. ^ The Scotsman < ( Memento from June 29, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
  4. ^ City Refrigeration Holdings
  5. ↑ bbc.co.uk
  6. ↑ a b City Charitable Trust ( Memento of May 2, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
  7. ↑ Willie Haughey Donates £ 100,000 To UNICEF ( Memento June 4, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
  8. ↑ Willie Haughey donates £ 100,000 to UNICEF's work in Pakistan ( Memento of June 24, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
  9. ^ Resignation is a hammer-blow for Scottish Labor so close to a general election , The Scotsman. March 3, 2010. Retrieved March 28, 2010. 
  10. ↑ Steven Purcell: Fall of a High Flier , Scotland on Sunday. March 7, 2010. Retrieved March 28, 2010. 
  11. ^ Labor donor Willie Haughey in 'cash for favors' row , Sunday Times Scotland. March 14, 2010. Retrieved March 28, 2010. 
  12. ^ Labor donor Willie Haughey linked to cocaine city councillor , Sunday Times Scotland. March 14, 2010. Retrieved March 28, 2010. 
  13. ^ Company linked to Purcell in £ 700,000 land deal with Labor donor , The Herald. March 21, 2010. Retrieved March 28, 2010. 
  14. ↑ Firm caught up in Purcell furore pulls out of Labor party conference , The Herald. March 23, 2010. Retrieved March 28, 2010. 
  15. ↑ Heartland attack , The Economist. March 25, 2010. Retrieved March 28, 2010. 
  16. ^ Mark MacAskill: Labor in little local difficulty , Sunday Times Scotland. March 28, 2010. 
  17. ↑ The London Gazette : (Supplement) No. 56963. P. 11-14 June 2003. ( PDF , English)
  18. ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) No. 60173, p. June 1, 2012. ( PDF , English)
  19. ↑ London Gazette . No. 60593, HMSO, London, August 9, 2013, p. 15796 ( PDF , English).
  20. ↑ London Gazette . No. 60635, HMSO, London, 23 September 2013, p. 18709 ( PDF , English).
personal data
SURNAME Haughey, William, Baron Haughey
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Haughey, Willie, Baron Haughey
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British nobleman and businessman
DATE OF BIRTH 2nd July 1956
PLACE OF BIRTH Glasgow