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Tom Hunter is the Vice-Chair of the [[Entrepreneurial Exchange]] and gave £5 million to the [[University of Strathclyde]] to set up the [[Hunter Centre for Entrepreneurship]] in January 2000. He is a friend of Lord [[Gus Macdonald]], the Transport Minister. Tom Hunter owns the Fosters clothing chain (now called D2) and has a stake in the [[Ultimo]] bra company and [[Newco]] (which owns [[BHS]]). He sold a software company, [[Reality Group]], to [[Great Universal Stores]] in 1999 for £35 million (making £7 million for himself). | Tom Hunter is the Vice-Chair of the [[Entrepreneurial Exchange]] and gave £5 million to the [[University of Strathclyde]] to set up the [[Hunter Centre for Entrepreneurship]] in January 2000. He is a friend of Lord [[Gus Macdonald]], the Transport Minister. Tom Hunter owns the Fosters clothing chain (now called D2) and has a stake in the [[Ultimo]] bra company and [[Newco]] (which owns [[BHS]]). He sold a software company, [[Reality Group]], to [[Great Universal Stores]] in 1999 for £35 million (making £7 million for himself). | ||
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| + | :Tom B. Hunter, a Scotsman who owns 5% of BHS, says Green's critics are simply green with envy. "The fact of the matter is, he can be very abrasive," says Hunter. "There's also a lot of jealousy with people who earn that sort of money." [http://www.forbes.com/forbes/2004/0315/112_print.html] | ||
==Affiliations== | ==Affiliations== | ||
*[[Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland]] | *[[Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland]] | ||
Revision as of 15:13, 6 April 2007
Tom Hunter is the former owner of Sports Division, which he sold to JJB Sports in 1998 for £290 million, making £252 million personally on the deal (he also owns 7% of JJB). He is Chairman of Blane Leisure (his salary is £380,000) and TBH Holdings. He owns a 6% stake in Rangers football club. He gave £100,000 to the Labour Party in 2001. He drives a Bentley worth £200,000 and his personal wealth is estimated at £320 million.
Tom Hunter is the Vice-Chair of the Entrepreneurial Exchange and gave £5 million to the University of Strathclyde to set up the Hunter Centre for Entrepreneurship in January 2000. He is a friend of Lord Gus Macdonald, the Transport Minister. Tom Hunter owns the Fosters clothing chain (now called D2) and has a stake in the Ultimo bra company and Newco (which owns BHS). He sold a software company, Reality Group, to Great Universal Stores in 1999 for £35 million (making £7 million for himself).
Hunter's views
- Tom B. Hunter, a Scotsman who owns 5% of BHS, says Green's critics are simply green with envy. "The fact of the matter is, he can be very abrasive," says Hunter. "There's also a lot of jealousy with people who earn that sort of money." [1]
