John Wittaker - shy billionaire advertising

He outstrips John Hargreaves, the founder of Matalan, through a portfolio of property of the enviable city encompasses the Trafford Centre Manchester, houses the giant Office Dome of Peel and John Lennon Airport in Liverpool.

Famous publicity-shy, there has never been an interview and guards his private life and his children, who are also working for the company.

The Lancashire born property developer has 60pc participation in major companies - Peel Holdings (TCL) and Peel Holdings (land and property).

Company name has more than 100 years of history to the Northwest by its associations with Robert Peel, a former Prime Minister and founder of the metropolitan police, whose family owned a famous textile company.

However, Peel Holdings have emerged in its modern form when the contractor has acquired a series of industrial enterprises on lucrative land from 1971 to 1987: Peel Mills, John Bright & Brothers, Bridgewater Estates and the Manchester ship canal.

After the vehicle of the property from the list in 1981, he embarked on the long battle to build an outdoor mall in Manchester.

Planning for the Trafford Centre took ten years to obtain and construction took 27 mois.Elle was opened on 10 September 1998, and Mr. Whittaker abseiled building to mark the occasion.

He has also begun development ports company, purchase of Clydeport and its ports Scottish West Coast in 2003, as well as the docks of the Mersey and Port Company in 2005.

However, public life did not fully adjust the company and Mr. Whittaker taken private enterprise, supported by a Saudi magnate in 2004.

Since the conglomerate has invested in green energy, media, hotels and the utilitaires.Parmi its new flagship projects, the Group has developed 500 m £ in emergent "MediaCityUK in Manchester" that will soon House a large part of the BBC.

Four decades, he still tries to make transactions, even if a 640 m £ offers Forth Ports with Rreef and Arcus European Infrastructure Fund ended in failure earlier this year.

Now that Mr. Whittaker has received more involved in political life, to join the delegation led by David Cameron in China business.


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