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==Personal life== |
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Ratcliffe has two sons with his first wife, and one daughter with his second wife.<ref name=FT/> For some time he lived in [[Rolle]] |
Ratcliffe has two sons with his first wife, and one daughter with his second wife.<ref name=FT/> For some time he lived in Switzerland, close to [[Rolle]] where Ineos Group is headquartered.<ref name=FT/> However since 2015, while he retains UK citizenship, he lives in the Switzerland. |
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Ratcliffe enjoys skiing and sailing,<ref>[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/migrationtemp/2813915/Ratcliffe-the-alchemist.html Ratcliffe, the alchemist]", ''[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]'', 11 August 2007.</ref> and is also reported to have completed the 2007 [[London Marathon]].<ref>[http://www.download.bham.ac.uk/buzz/Buzz_97.pdf The alchemist]" ''[[University of Birmingham]], Innes Lecture of Chemical Engineering 2007 Nov.</ref> |
Ratcliffe enjoys skiing and sailing,<ref>[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/migrationtemp/2813915/Ratcliffe-the-alchemist.html Ratcliffe, the alchemist]", ''[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]'', 11 August 2007.</ref> and is also reported to have completed the 2007 [[London Marathon]].<ref>[http://www.download.bham.ac.uk/buzz/Buzz_97.pdf The alchemist]" ''[[University of Birmingham]], Innes Lecture of Chemical Engineering 2007 Nov.</ref> |
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Ratcliffe has owned two super yachts, ''Hampshire'' and ''Hampshire II''. His first yacht was built as ''Barbara Jean'' by [[Feadship]]. In 2012 he took delivery of the {{convert|78|m}} Feadship ''Hampshire II'', built by [[Royal van Lent]].<ref name=Yacht>{{cite web|title=Motor Yacht Hampshire II|url=http://www.superyachtfan.com/superyacht/superyacht_hampshire_ii.html|website=Super Yacht Fan|accessdate=1 December 2014}}</ref> |
Ratcliffe has owned two super yachts, ''Hampshire'' and ''Hampshire II''. His first yacht was built as ''Barbara Jean'' by [[Feadship]]. In 2012 he took delivery of the {{convert|78|m}} Feadship ''Hampshire II'', built by [[Royal van Lent]], which he still owns.<ref name=Yacht>{{cite web|title=Motor Yacht Hampshire II|url=http://www.superyachtfan.com/superyacht/superyacht_hampshire_ii.html|website=Super Yacht Fan|accessdate=1 December 2014}}</ref> |
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He enjoys physical adventure, and has made expeditions to the North and South Poles as well as a month-long motorbike trek in South Africa, and has founded a charity "Go Run for Fun", encouraging thousands of |
He enjoys physical adventure, and has made expeditions to the North and South Poles as well as a three month-long motorbike trek in South Africa, and has founded a charity "Go Run for Fun", encouraging thousands of children aged between 5 and 10 years, to get active by creating celebrity-driven events.<ref name=Standard2015>{{Cite web|title = Ineos owner Jim Ratcliffe: "I’m very cheerful about coming back to the UK"|url = http://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/london-life/ineos-owner-jim-ratcliffe-im-very-cheerful-about-coming-back-to-the-uk-10393572.html|accessdate = 2015-07-19}}</ref> |
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==Notes== |
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Revision as of 10:02, 15 February 2016
Jim Ratcliffe | |
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 Jim Ratcliffe (2013) | |
| Born | James Arthur Ratcliffe 18 October 1952 Manchester, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Education | Beverley Grammar School |
| Alma mater | University of Birmingham and London Business School |
| Occupation(s) | Chairman and CEO, Ineos |
| Children | Two sons (with first wife), one daughter (with second wife) |
James Arthur "Jim" Ratcliffe (born 18 October 1952) is a British chemical engineer turned financier and industrialist. Ratcliffe is the chairman and chief executive officer of the Ineos chemicals group, which he founded in 1998 and still owns two-thirds of, and which has been estimated to have a turnover of $44bn. He does not have a high public profile, and has been described by the Sunday Times as "publicity shy".[2][3] According to the 2010 Sunday Times Rich List, he is one of the richest people in the UK.[4]
Early life and education
Born in Manchester, the son of a joiner father and an accounts office worker mother, Ratcliffe lived there in a council house in Failsworth until the age of ten. His father eventually ran a factory making laboratory furniture.[5] Aged ten, he moved with his family to Yorkshire, and Ratcliffe attended Beverley Grammar School and lived in Hull up to the age of 18.[5]
Ratcliffe graduated from the University of Birmingham with a degree in chemical engineering in 1974.[5]
Career
His first job was with oil giant Esso, but he decided to broaden his skills into finance by studying management accounting and taking an MBA at London Business School. He subsequently, in 1989, joined US private equity group Advent International.[6]
Ineos
Ratcliffe was a co-founder of INSPEC, which leased the former BP Chemicals site in Antwerp, Belgium. In 1998 Ratcliffe formed Ineos in Hampshire to buy-out INSPEC and the freehold of the Antwerp site.
From this small base, using high-yield debt to finance deals, Ratcliffe started buying unwanted operations from groups such as ICI and BP, selecting targets based on their potential to double their earnings over a 5-year period. In 2006 Ineos bought BP's refining and petrochemical arm Innovene, giving Ineos refineries and plants in Scotland, Italy, Germany, France, Belgium and Canada.[2][3]
In April 2010, Ratcliffe moved Ineos's head office from Hampshire to Rolle, Switzerland, saving the company £100m a year in tax.[7]
In 2015, Ratcliffe opened the UK headquarters of the chemicals and energy group in London along with gas and oil trading, and other functions, saying he was "very cheerful about coming back to the UK”. He was pleased with UK policy, London as a business base, and untroubled by the prospect of the UK leaving the EU. "For the time being" it remains an Anglo-Swiss company.[8]
In May 2009, Ratcliffe was granted an Honorary Fellowship by the Institution of Chemical Engineers citing “his sustained leadership in building the Ineos Group.”[9]
Personal life
Ratcliffe has two sons with his first wife, and one daughter with his second wife.[5] For some time he lived in Switzerland, close to Rolle where Ineos Group is headquartered.[5] However since 2015, while he retains UK citizenship, he lives in the Switzerland.
Ratcliffe enjoys skiing and sailing,[10] and is also reported to have completed the 2007 London Marathon.[11]
Ratcliffe has owned two super yachts, Hampshire and Hampshire II. His first yacht was built as Barbara Jean by Feadship. In 2012 he took delivery of the 78 metres (256 ft) Feadship Hampshire II, built by Royal van Lent, which he still owns.[12]
He enjoys physical adventure, and has made expeditions to the North and South Poles as well as a three month-long motorbike trek in South Africa, and has founded a charity "Go Run for Fun", encouraging thousands of children aged between 5 and 10 years, to get active by creating celebrity-driven events.[8]
Notes
- ^ Hodgson, Neil (28 September 2014). "Ineos boss in £2.5bn fracking pledge". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 5 November 2014.
- ^ a b Dominic O’Connell (29 April 2007). "Ratcliffe in richest top 10". London: Times Online. Retrieved 22 June 2008.
- ^ a b Grainne Gilmore (21 April 2008). "Business big shot: Jim Ratcliffe". London: The Times. Retrieved 22 June 2008.
- ^ The Sunday Times Rich List 2010: Rising from the rubble, BBC News 25 April 2010
- ^ a b c d e Pfeifer, Sylvia (7 February 2014). "Jim Ratcliffe". FT. Retrieved 5 November 2014.
- ^ "The quiet entrepreneur who is as wealthy as Richard Branson, but nowhere near as famous". Liverpool Daily Post. 17 March 2010. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
- ^ The Sunday Times - Tycoon Jim Ratcliffe flees UK - (April 2010)
- ^ a b "Ineos owner Jim Ratcliffe: "I'm very cheerful about coming back to the UK"". Retrieved 19 July 2015.
- ^ "Press release: Ion and Ratcliffe awarded Honorary Fellowships". IChemE. 13 May 2009.
- ^ Ratcliffe, the alchemist", The Telegraph, 11 August 2007.
- ^ The alchemist" University of Birmingham, Innes Lecture of Chemical Engineering 2007 Nov.
- ^ "Motor Yacht Hampshire II". Super Yacht Fan. Retrieved 1 December 2014.
External links
- Business big shot: Jim Ratcliffe, 2008 biography from The Times
- Jim Ratcliffe of Ineos: Uncanny ability to spot undervalued assets, 2006 biography from The Financial Times'(pay-to-view)'