R. Stephen Rubin - Revision history

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 After he unsuccessfully stood for the House of Commons at Streatham as a [[Liberal Party]] parliamentary candidate in 1959, aged 21,<ref name="FN Nov 12" /><ref name="FT Feb 11" /> he joined the [[Liverpool Shoe Company]], founded by his parents, [[Berko Rubin|Berko]] and [[Minnie Rubin]].<ref name="FN Nov 12" /><ref name="Independent Sept 97" /> He was joint managing director with his father for 10 years until his father's death in 1969, when he took the role of chairman.<ref name="FN Nov 12" />
-Rubin transformed the company, renamed [[Pentland Group]] in 1973,<ref name="FN Nov 12" /> into the UK's largest sports apparel and footwear company,<ref name="Telegraph Dec 03">{{cite news|last=Tyler|first=Richard|title=Pentland's private route to 'best UK workplace'|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/2866066/Pentlands-private-route-to-best-UK-workplace.html|accessdate=13 December 2013|newspaper=Telegraph|date=16 October 2003}}</ref> owning a number of brands including [[Berghaus]], Brasher, Ellesse, Hunter, [[Mitre Sports International|Mitre]] and [[Speedo International Limited|Speedo]], amongst others. It is also the majority owner of [[JD Sports|JD Sports Fashion plc]].<ref name="Pentland About Us" /> Its success largely came from an investment in August 1981, acquiring 55% of [[Reebok]] for $77,500. By 1983/84, Reebok accounted for 70% of Pentland's turnover. Pentland's shares rose from 55p at the start of 1984 to £3 at the end of the year and up to £10 in 1985, while profits rose from £1 million in 1983 to £12.9 million in 1985.<ref name="Blakey 2010">{{cite book|last=Blakey|first=George G.|title=A History of the London Stock Market 1945–2009|year=2010|publisher=Harriman House|isbn=1906659621}}</ref> Rubin then sold off Pentland's stake in Reebok for $770m in 1991.<ref name="FN Nov 12" /><ref name="FT Feb 11" /><ref name="Pentland About Us" />
+Rubin transformed the company, renamed [[Pentland Group]] in 1973,<ref name="FN Nov 12" /> into the UK's largest sports apparel and footwear company,<ref name="Telegraph Dec 03">{{cite news|last=Tyler|first=Richard|title=Pentland's private route to 'best UK workplace'|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/2866066/Pentlands-private-route-to-best-UK-workplace.html|accessdate=13 December 2013|newspaper=Telegraph|date=16 October 2003}}</ref> owning a number of brands including [[Berghaus]], Brasher, Ellesse, Hunter, [[Mitre Sports International|Mitre]] and [[Speedo International Limited|Speedo]], amongst others. It is also the majority owner of [[JD Sports|JD Sports Fashion plc]].<ref name="Pentland About Us" /> Its success largely came from an investment in August 1981, acquiring 55% of [[Reebok]] for $77,500. By 1983/84, Reebok accounted for 70% of Pentland's turnover. Pentland's shares rose from 55p at the start of 1984 to £3 at the end of the year and up to £10 in 1985, while profits rose from £1 million in 1983 to £12.9 million in 1985.<ref name="Blakey 2010" /> Rubin then sold off Pentland's stake in Reebok for $770m in 1991.<ref name="FN Nov 12" /><ref name="FT Feb 11" /><ref name="Pentland About Us" />
 Rubin was chairman and chief executive of Pentland until 1998 when he split his role and appointed his son, [[Andrew Rubin|Andrew]], chief executive, retaining the post of chairman.<ref name="Independent Sept 97" />

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 After he unsuccessfully stood for the House of Commons at Streatham as a [[Liberal Party]] parliamentary candidate in 1959, aged 21,<ref name="FN Nov 12" /><ref name="FT Feb 11" /> he joined the [[Liverpool Shoe Company]], founded by his parents, [[Berko Rubin|Berko]] and [[Minnie Rubin]].<ref name="FN Nov 12" /><ref name="Independent Sept 97" /> He was joint managing director with his father for 10 years until his father's death in 1969, when he took the role of chairman.<ref name="FN Nov 12" />
-Rubin transformed the company, renamed [[Pentland Group]] in 1973,<ref name="FN Nov 12" /> into the UK's largest sports apparel and footwear company,<ref name="Telegraph Dec 03">{{cite news|last=Tyler|first=Richard|title=Pentland's private route to 'best UK workplace'|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/2866066/Pentlands-private-route-to-best-UK-workplace.html|accessdate=13 December 2013|newspaper=Telegraph|date=16 October 2003}}</ref> owning a number of brands including [[Berghaus]], Brasher, Ellesse, Hunter, [[Mitre Sports International|Mitre]] and [[Speedo International Limited|Speedo]], amongst others. It is also the majority owner of [[JD Sports|JD Sports Fashion plc]].<ref name="Pentland About Us">{{cite web | url=http://www.pentland.com/about-us.html | title=About Us | work=Pentland Group plc | accessdate=15 December 2013}}</ref> Its success largely came from an investment in August 1981, acquiring 55% of [[Reebok]] for $77,500. By 1983/84, Reebok accounted for 70% of Pentland's turnover. Pentland's shares rose from 55p at the start of 1984 to £3 at the end of the year and up to £10 in 1985, while profits rose from £1 million in 1983 to £12.9 million in 1985.<ref name="Blakey 2010">{{cite book|last=Blakey|first=George G.|title=A History of the London Stock Market 1945–2009|year=2010|publisher=Harriman House|isbn=1906659621}}</ref> Rubin then sold off Pentland's stake in Reebok for $770m in 1991.<ref name="FN Nov 12" /><ref name="FT Feb 11" /><ref name="Pentland About Us" />
+Rubin transformed the company, renamed [[Pentland Group]] in 1973,<ref name="FN Nov 12" /> into the UK's largest sports apparel and footwear company,<ref name="Telegraph Dec 03">{{cite news|last=Tyler|first=Richard|title=Pentland's private route to 'best UK workplace'|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/2866066/Pentlands-private-route-to-best-UK-workplace.html|accessdate=13 December 2013|newspaper=Telegraph|date=16 October 2003}}</ref> owning a number of brands including [[Berghaus]], Brasher, Ellesse, Hunter, [[Mitre Sports International|Mitre]] and [[Speedo International Limited|Speedo]], amongst others. It is also the majority owner of [[JD Sports|JD Sports Fashion plc]].<ref name="Pentland About Us" /> Its success largely came from an investment in August 1981, acquiring 55% of [[Reebok]] for $77,500. By 1983/84, Reebok accounted for 70% of Pentland's turnover. Pentland's shares rose from 55p at the start of 1984 to £3 at the end of the year and up to £10 in 1985, while profits rose from £1 million in 1983 to £12.9 million in 1985.<ref name="Blakey 2010">{{cite book|last=Blakey|first=George G.|title=A History of the London Stock Market 1945–2009|year=2010|publisher=Harriman House|isbn=1906659621}}</ref> Rubin then sold off Pentland's stake in Reebok for $770m in 1991.<ref name="FN Nov 12" /><ref name="FT Feb 11" /><ref name="Pentland About Us" />
 Rubin was chairman and chief executive of Pentland until 1998 when he split his role and appointed his son, [[Andrew Rubin|Andrew]], chief executive, retaining the post of chairman.<ref name="Independent Sept 97" />

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 ==Career==
-After he unsuccessfully stood for the House of Commons at Streatham as a [[Liberal Party]] parliamentary candidate in 1959, aged 21,<ref name="FN Nov 12" /><ref name="FT Feb 11" /> he joined the [[Liverpool Shoe Company]], founded by his parents, [[Berko Rubin|Berko]] and [[Minnie Rubin]].<ref name="FN Nov 12" /><ref name="Independent Sept 97">{{cite news|last=Ahmad|first=Sameena|title=Concern as sportswear boss gives son top job|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/concern-as-sportswear-boss-gives-son-top-job-1237400.html|accessdate=13 December 2013|newspaper=Independent|date=4 September 1997}}</ref> He was joint managing director with his father for 10 years until his father's death in 1969, when he took the role of chairman.<ref name="FN Nov 12" />
+After he unsuccessfully stood for the House of Commons at Streatham as a [[Liberal Party]] parliamentary candidate in 1959, aged 21,<ref name="FN Nov 12" /><ref name="FT Feb 11" /> he joined the [[Liverpool Shoe Company]], founded by his parents, [[Berko Rubin|Berko]] and [[Minnie Rubin]].<ref name="FN Nov 12" /><ref name="Independent Sept 97" /> He was joint managing director with his father for 10 years until his father's death in 1969, when he took the role of chairman.<ref name="FN Nov 12" />
 Rubin transformed the company, renamed [[Pentland Group]] in 1973,<ref name="FN Nov 12" /> into the UK's largest sports apparel and footwear company,<ref name="Telegraph Dec 03">{{cite news|last=Tyler|first=Richard|title=Pentland's private route to 'best UK workplace'|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/2866066/Pentlands-private-route-to-best-UK-workplace.html|accessdate=13 December 2013|newspaper=Telegraph|date=16 October 2003}}</ref> owning a number of brands including [[Berghaus]], Brasher, Ellesse, Hunter, [[Mitre Sports International|Mitre]] and [[Speedo International Limited|Speedo]], amongst others. It is also the majority owner of [[JD Sports|JD Sports Fashion plc]].<ref name="Pentland About Us">{{cite web | url=http://www.pentland.com/about-us.html | title=About Us | work=Pentland Group plc | accessdate=15 December 2013}}</ref> Its success largely came from an investment in August 1981, acquiring 55% of [[Reebok]] for $77,500. By 1983/84, Reebok accounted for 70% of Pentland's turnover. Pentland's shares rose from 55p at the start of 1984 to £3 at the end of the year and up to £10 in 1985, while profits rose from £1 million in 1983 to £12.9 million in 1985.<ref name="Blakey 2010">{{cite book|last=Blakey|first=George G.|title=A History of the London Stock Market 1945–2009|year=2010|publisher=Harriman House|isbn=1906659621}}</ref> Rubin then sold off Pentland's stake in Reebok for $770m in 1991.<ref name="FN Nov 12" /><ref name="FT Feb 11" /><ref name="Pentland About Us" />

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 ==Career==
-After he unsuccessfully stood for the House of Commons at Streatham as a [[Liberal Party]] parliamentary candidate in 1959, aged 21,<ref name="FN Nov 12" /><ref name="FT Feb 11">{{cite news|title=Sportswear veteran swoops again|url=http://presscuttings.ft.com/presscuttings/s/3/articleText/44191280#axzz2ndCtRm9g|accessdate=16 December 2013|newspaper=Financial Times|date=3 February 2011}}</ref> he joined the [[Liverpool Shoe Company]], founded by his parents, [[Berko Rubin|Berko]] and [[Minnie Rubin]].<ref name="FN Nov 12" /><ref name="Independent Sept 97">{{cite news|last=Ahmad|first=Sameena|title=Concern as sportswear boss gives son top job|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/concern-as-sportswear-boss-gives-son-top-job-1237400.html|accessdate=13 December 2013|newspaper=Independent|date=4 September 1997}}</ref> He was joint managing director with his father for 10 years until his father's death in 1969, when he took the role of chairman.<ref name="FN Nov 12" />
+After he unsuccessfully stood for the House of Commons at Streatham as a [[Liberal Party]] parliamentary candidate in 1959, aged 21,<ref name="FN Nov 12" /><ref name="FT Feb 11" /> he joined the [[Liverpool Shoe Company]], founded by his parents, [[Berko Rubin|Berko]] and [[Minnie Rubin]].<ref name="FN Nov 12" /><ref name="Independent Sept 97">{{cite news|last=Ahmad|first=Sameena|title=Concern as sportswear boss gives son top job|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/concern-as-sportswear-boss-gives-son-top-job-1237400.html|accessdate=13 December 2013|newspaper=Independent|date=4 September 1997}}</ref> He was joint managing director with his father for 10 years until his father's death in 1969, when he took the role of chairman.<ref name="FN Nov 12" />
 Rubin transformed the company, renamed [[Pentland Group]] in 1973,<ref name="FN Nov 12" /> into the UK's largest sports apparel and footwear company,<ref name="Telegraph Dec 03">{{cite news|last=Tyler|first=Richard|title=Pentland's private route to 'best UK workplace'|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/2866066/Pentlands-private-route-to-best-UK-workplace.html|accessdate=13 December 2013|newspaper=Telegraph|date=16 October 2003}}</ref> owning a number of brands including [[Berghaus]], Brasher, Ellesse, Hunter, [[Mitre Sports International|Mitre]] and [[Speedo International Limited|Speedo]], amongst others. It is also the majority owner of [[JD Sports|JD Sports Fashion plc]].<ref name="Pentland About Us">{{cite web | url=http://www.pentland.com/about-us.html | title=About Us | work=Pentland Group plc | accessdate=15 December 2013}}</ref> Its success largely came from an investment in August 1981, acquiring 55% of [[Reebok]] for $77,500. By 1983/84, Reebok accounted for 70% of Pentland's turnover. Pentland's shares rose from 55p at the start of 1984 to £3 at the end of the year and up to £10 in 1985, while profits rose from £1 million in 1983 to £12.9 million in 1985.<ref name="Blakey 2010">{{cite book|last=Blakey|first=George G.|title=A History of the London Stock Market 1945–2009|year=2010|publisher=Harriman House|isbn=1906659621}}</ref> Rubin then sold off Pentland's stake in Reebok for $770m in 1991.<ref name="FN Nov 12" /><ref name="FT Feb 11" /><ref name="Pentland About Us" />

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	==Early life==		==Early life==
−	Robert Stephen Rubin was born in December 1937.<ref name=CompaniesHouse>{{cite web\|title=Pentland Group plc\|url=https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/00793577/officers\|website=Companies House\|accessdate=6 December 2015}}</ref> After attending [[Canford School]] in Dorset, Rubin graduated from [[University College, London]] in 1958 with a degree in law, with the intention of becoming a barrister.<ref name="FN Nov 12"~~>{{cite news\|last=Neel\|first=Julia\|title=Hall of Fame: Stephen Rubin\|url=http:~~/~~/www.wwd.com/footwear-news/people/hall-of-fame-stephen-rubin-6500935?src=search_links\|accessdate=18 December 2013\|newspaper=Footwear News\|date=26 November 2012}}</ref~~>	+	Robert Stephen Rubin was born in December 1937.<ref name=CompaniesHouse>{{cite web\|title=Pentland Group plc\|url=https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/00793577/officers\|website=Companies House\|accessdate=6 December 2015}}</ref> After attending [[Canford School]] in Dorset, Rubin graduated from [[University College, London]] in 1958 with a degree in law, with the intention of becoming a barrister.<ref name="FN Nov 12" />

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 * Vice President, [[Council of Christians and Jews]] (circa 2017)
 * Trustee, [[Rubin Foundation Charitable Trust]]
 == Personal life ==

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 Rubin served as World Chairman of the [[Textile Institute]] from 1994 to 2006. From 1995 to 1998 and again from 1999 to 2001, he was president of the [[World Federation of the Sporting Goods Industry]].
-==Business interests==
+== Affiliations and philanthropy ==
 ==Affiliations==

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 '''Robert Stephen Rubin''' (born December 1937), is a British businessman. He is the chairman, and co-owner (alongside members of his family) of [[Pentland Group]], the holding company for a number of sporting goods companies, including [[Speedo]] and [[Berghaus]], based in Finchley, north London.
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 *[[Rubin Foundation Charitable Trust]]
 ==Notes==
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 ==Affiliations==
 *[[Parliamentary Committee Against Antisemitism]]/[[Parliamentary Committee Against Antisemitism Foundation]], Director 2001-2015
 *[[Community Security Trust]] Advisory Board circa 2010
 *Board Member [[Centre Europeen Juif d'Information]] (CEJI).