Tom B Hunter
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]
