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| Lady Grantchester* |
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| RESULTS 2005 |
Ranking |
Worth |
Industry |
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6 |
£1,160m |
Retailing and football pools |
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| In 2002 the Moores family sold the Littlewoods department stores and mail order operation to the Barclay brothers (qv) as part of a £750m package. The family, led by Grantchester, 79, founded Littlewoods in 1923 as a pools company before branching out into mail order and retailing. It sold some stores in 1998 and the pools business in 2000; the proceeds and past dividends are worth £445m. The family has a £40m stake in Liverpool FC, which is chaired by David Moores, Grantchester's cousin and also gives
to charity. |
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| RESULTS 2004 |
Ranking |
5 |
Worth |
2004: £1,162m |
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