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Robertson co-founded the firm in 2000. It currently ships to over 160 countries and the website's 2012 revenue was £495 million.<ref> Business of Fashion [http://www.businessoffashion.com/community/people/nick-robertson Nick Robertson], accessed 3 April 2015.</ref> The firm has led to Robertson becoming one of Britain's wealthiest men.<ref> [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2726915/ASOS-fashion-tycoon-leaves-8m-family-home-round-corner-personal-assistant-15-years-junior.html ASOS fashion tycoon leaves £8m family home... to move round corner with personal assistant 15 years his junior] ''Daily Mail'', 17 August 2014, accessed 3 April 2015.</ref> | Robertson co-founded the firm in 2000. It currently ships to over 160 countries and the website's 2012 revenue was £495 million.<ref> Business of Fashion [http://www.businessoffashion.com/community/people/nick-robertson Nick Robertson], accessed 3 April 2015.</ref> The firm has led to Robertson becoming one of Britain's wealthiest men.<ref> [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2726915/ASOS-fashion-tycoon-leaves-8m-family-home-round-corner-personal-assistant-15-years-junior.html ASOS fashion tycoon leaves £8m family home... to move round corner with personal assistant 15 years his junior] ''Daily Mail'', 17 August 2014, accessed 3 April 2015.</ref> | ||
| − | ==Letter to the Telegraph== | + | ==Support for the Conservative Party== |
| − | On 1 April 2015 | + | ===2010 election=== |
| + | Robertson backed the [[Conservative]] pledge not to increase National Insurance if they won the 2010 General Election.<ref> Robert Winnett and Andrew Porter [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/election-2010/7563195/General-Election-2010-30-more-business-leaders-back-Tories-on-National-Insurance.html General Election 2010: 30 more business leaders back Tories on National Insurance] ''Telegraph'', 7 April 2010, accessed 8 April 2015.</ref> | ||
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| + | On 1 April 2015 Robertson 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'', 3 April 2015.</ref> | ||
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Nick Robertson is the co-founder of Britain's largest online fashion retail site ASOS.
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Robertson has previously worked for Entertainment Marketing and Young & Rubicam.
Robertson co-founded the firm in 2000. It currently ships to over 160 countries and the website's 2012 revenue was £495 million.[1] The firm has led to Robertson becoming one of Britain's wealthiest men.[2]
Support for the Conservative Party
2010 election
Robertson backed the Conservative pledge not to increase National Insurance if they won the 2010 General Election.[3]
Letter to the Telegraph
On 1 April 2015 Robertson 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.[4]
Notes
- ↑ Business of Fashion Nick Robertson, accessed 3 April 2015.
- ↑ ASOS fashion tycoon leaves £8m family home... to move round corner with personal assistant 15 years his junior Daily Mail, 17 August 2014, accessed 3 April 2015.
- ↑ Robert Winnett and Andrew Porter General Election 2010: 30 more business leaders back Tories on National Insurance Telegraph, 7 April 2010, accessed 8 April 2015.
- ↑ Peter Dominiczak, 100 business chiefs: Labour threatens Britain's recovery, Telegraph, 3 April 2015.
