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Brian Kennedy

Sale Sharks have become one of the top clubs in rugby union’s Guinness Premiership thanks to the financial support of Kennedy, 47. The son of an Edinburgh window cleaner, he owns Weatherseal Windows and last year bought the troubled Ultraframe conservatory maker for £29m. Kennedy has also moved into property. His companies, led by main parent Latium, made about £45m profits on more than £500m sales in 2006. He has other assets.