Sir tom hunter biography definition

          Born, in , in New Cumnock, a mining village where his father ran a grocer's store, he attended a local primary and then the area's largest.!

          Ayrshire-born entrepreneur Sir Tom Hunter has spent the best part of three decades trying to boost the number of Scots taking the plunge to set up their own.

        1. Sir Thomas Alexander Hunter KBE (28 February – 20 April ) was a New Zealand psychologist, university professor and administrator.
        2. Born, in , in New Cumnock, a mining village where his father ran a grocer's store, he attended a local primary and then the area's largest.
        3. Hunter, 59, is a big figure in Scottish public life.
        4. MULTI-MILLIONAIRE business boss Sir Tom Hunter will base his foundation's Ayrshire HQ at Blair House to boost leadership skills in the build.

          5. Tom Hunter

          Scottish businessman and philanthropist (born 1961)

          For other people named Tom Hunter, see Tom Hunter (disambiguation).

          Sir Thomas Blane Hunter (born 6 May 1961) is a Scottish businessman and philanthropist.[1]

          Sports Division

          Main article: Sports Division

          Hunter set up his first business after graduating from the University of Strathclyde as he was, in his own words, "unemployable".

          With a £5,000 loan from his grocer father Campbell and matching funds from a bank, he started selling trainers from the back of a van. Hunter built the business into Europe's largest independent retailer. In 1998 in an unsolicited offer, Dave Whelan's JJB Sports offered to buy the larger Sports Division for £290 million; Hunter accepted, earning himself £252 million.[citation needed]

          Other business activities

          Hunter had expanded Sports Division through financing supplied by the Royal Bank of Scotland, but when he proposed the takeover of Olympus