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==Career== | ==Career== | ||
Rucker founded The [[White Company]] after struggling to find high-quality but affordable bed linen and tableware for her boyfriend's new flat. Starting off with a small government grant and a £6,000 grant from her grandmother, the company earned £6.5 million in 2015 and Rucker and her husband are worth an estimated £295 million.<ref> Louise Eccles [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2905765/She-s-doing-white-Mum-four-s-6-5m-YEAR-selling-goods-one-colour.html She's doing all white! Mum of four who's made £6.5m in a YEAR selling goods in only one colour] ''Daily Mail'', 11 January 2015, accessed 7 April 2015.</ref> | Rucker founded The [[White Company]] after struggling to find high-quality but affordable bed linen and tableware for her boyfriend's new flat. Starting off with a small government grant and a £6,000 grant from her grandmother, the company earned £6.5 million in 2015 and Rucker and her husband are worth an estimated £295 million.<ref> Louise Eccles [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2905765/She-s-doing-white-Mum-four-s-6-5m-YEAR-selling-goods-one-colour.html She's doing all white! Mum of four who's made £6.5m in a YEAR selling goods in only one colour] ''Daily Mail'', 11 January 2015, accessed 7 April 2015.</ref> | ||
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| + | *[[Nick Wheeler]], husband.<ref> Virgin [http://www.virgin.com/entrepreneur/entrepreneur-interview-charles-tyrwhitt-founder-nick-wheeler Entrepreneur interview - Charles Tyrwhitt founder Nick Wheeler], accessed 7 April 2015.</ref> | ||
==Support for the Conservatives== | ==Support for the Conservatives== | ||
| − | On | + | On 1 April 2015 Rucker was one of [[Conservative Business Letter - Telegraph 1 April 2015| 103 business leaders who wrote to the Telegraph]] praising the British [[Conservative Party]]'s economic policies and claiming a [[Labour]] government would 'threaten jobs and deter investment' in the UK.<ref>Peter Dominiczak, [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/labour/11507586/General-Election-2015-Labour-threatens-Britains-recovery-say-100-business-chiefs.html 100 business chiefs: Labour threatens Britain's recovery], ''Telegraph'', 7 April 2015.</ref> |
==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
Latest revision as of 16:32, 7 April 2015
Chrissie Rucker is the founder of The White Company.
Career
Rucker founded The White Company after struggling to find high-quality but affordable bed linen and tableware for her boyfriend's new flat. Starting off with a small government grant and a £6,000 grant from her grandmother, the company earned £6.5 million in 2015 and Rucker and her husband are worth an estimated £295 million.[1]
Personal life
- Nick Wheeler, husband.[2]
Support for the Conservatives
On 1 April 2015 Rucker was one of 103 business leaders who wrote to the Telegraph praising the British Conservative Party's economic policies and claiming a Labour government would 'threaten jobs and deter investment' in the UK.[3]
Notes
- ↑ Louise Eccles She's doing all white! Mum of four who's made £6.5m in a YEAR selling goods in only one colour Daily Mail, 11 January 2015, accessed 7 April 2015.
- ↑ Virgin Entrepreneur interview - Charles Tyrwhitt founder Nick Wheeler, accessed 7 April 2015.
- ↑ Peter Dominiczak, 100 business chiefs: Labour threatens Britain's recovery, Telegraph, 7 April 2015.
