Malcolm Healey
Malcolm Healey | |
|---|---|
| Born | Malcolm Stanley Healey June 1944 (age 77) |
| Nationality | British |
| Children | 3 |
| Relatives | Eddie Healey (brother) |
Malcolm Stanley Healey (born June 1944) is a British entrepreneur.[2]
Career[]
Healey began his career in his family's paint company.[3]
In 1982 MFI Group and Healey's company, Humber Kitchens,[4] bought Hygena a kitchen and furniture retail company, from Norcros who were looking to dissolve the company and sell the Hygena name. MFI took full control of Hygena in 1987, buying Healey out for £200 million.[5]
In 2009, he founded Wren Living, now known as Wren Kitchens, a kitchen manufacturing and retail company which as of the beginning of 2019 had 82 showrooms across the UK, with an annual turnover in 2018 of £490 million.[citation needed]
As of 2020, Healey's West Retail Group also owned the online electronics retailer Ebuyer.[6]
In 2019, Healey donated £250,000 to the Conservative Party two weeks after its leader Boris Johnson became Prime Minister. He has donated £560,000 to the Conservative Party since 2017.[6]
Personal life[]
Healey owns Warter Priory, a 12,000-acre estate near Pocklington.[6]
Malcolm Healey had three children.[7] His daughter, Suzy, was found strangled at her country home in August 2005.[7] Richard Holtby, her ex-fiance, was convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to eight and a half years in prison by a jury at Hull crown court in June 2006.[8]
References[]
- ^ "Sunday Times Rich List". The Sunday Times (page 24). 18 May 2014.
- ^ "Warter Priory Management Limited". Companies House. Retrieved 10 August 2015.
- ^ Wright, Emma (21 April 2013). "Billion pound brotherstop East Yorkshire rich list as Allams lose ground". Hull Daily Mail. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
- ^ The Independent (1999). Corporate Profile: MFI - Step one: pick up the pieces. The Independent, 22 December 1999.
- ^ "Rich List 2011" (PDF). Estates Gazette. 12 November 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2012.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c Young, Angus (20 February 2020). "East Yorkshire's richest man made eye-watering donation to the Tories". HullLive. Reach. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Bunyan, Nigel (23 August 2005). "Kitchen tycoon's daughter dead in country home". Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
- ^ David Pallister (21 June 2006). "Ex-lover who strangled heiress is cleared of murder". The Guardian. Retrieved 8 January 2017.
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