Rank #2775
Philip Green
Net worth $1.4B
Fashion retail · United Kingdom
- Born
- Mar 15, 1952
- Age
- 74
- Source
- Fashion retail
- Residence
- London
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Marital status
- Married
- Children
- 2
- Education
Net worth over time
Biography
- Philip Green and his wife Cristina Green once sat atop the British retail empire Arcadia Group.
- The business was forced to sell its best-known brands ? including Topshop, Top Man and Dorothy Perkins ? after it fell into bankruptcy in 2020.
- The Greens have been vilified in Britain for their role in letting home retailer BHS collapse, which put pensions for 19,000 workers at risk in 2016.
- Parliament voted to strip Green of his knighthood over the pension deficit scandal. However, he is still a knight; the vote was symbolic.
- Parliament voted to strip Green of his knighthood over a pension deficit scandal. However, he is still a knight; the vote was symbolic.
- A college dropout, Philip Green started his first business at age 21, importing jeans from Asia with a $30,000 loan from his family.