Galen Weston, leader of his family’s Anglo-Canadian business empire and owner of Selfridges – obituary
He had a simple set of precepts: owning property rather than leasing, keeping debt low, a strong family work ethic and loyal key executives
14 April 2021 • 2:23pm
Galen Weston: it was said that the British Westons came to regard sociable, polo-playing Galen as their benign ‘playboy uncle’
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Galen Weston, who has died aged 80, was the head of the billionaire Anglo-Canadian dynasty whose fortune had its origins in mass-produced sliced bread. Though best known as the steward of the family’s Canadian and Irish interests, he was also the owner of Selfridges, a friend of the British Royal family – and the target, in 1983, of a botched IRA kidnap attempt.
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Galen Weston, Canadian Who Built Retail Empire, Dies at 80 Bloomberg 1 day ago Danielle Bochove
(Bloomberg) W.G. Galen Weston, the entrepreneur who built an Atlantic-spanning business network that made him one of the richest Canadians, has died. He was 80.
Weston died Monday “peacefully at home after a long illness faced with courage and dignity,” the Weston family said in a statement.
“In our business and in his life he built a legacy of extraordinary accomplishment and joy,” his son, Galen G. Weston, chief executive officer of George Weston Ltd., said. His daughter, Alannah Weston, the chairman of Selfridges Group, added, “The luxury retail industry has lost a great visionary.”
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