Sir Philip Green
Lesley Curwen profiles the business tycoon Sir Philip Green, who this week sold a stake in flagship fashion chain Topshop and Topman for a reported 拢500 million.
Sir Philip Green is one of the UK's most successful, and colourful, businessmen; his stores are estimated to make up 10 per cent of the high street and his wealth runs into the billions. This week he sold a stake in his flagship fashion chains Topshop and Topman for a reported 拢500 million. Lesley Curwen profiles the man who is perhaps the most successful retailer of his generation, with contributions from Sir Stuart Rose, Bill Kenwright and Kate Phelan.
Producers: Ben Crighton and Hannah Barnes.
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