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British billionaire businessman (born 1942)

For other people named John Whittaker, see John Whittaker (disambiguation).

John Whittaker (born 14 March 1942) is a British billionaire.

The man who built Peel Holdings - Manchester Evening News

He is chairman of the Peel Group, a property business that mainly invests in North West England. Although publicity-shy, he has been described as one of the most influential business leaders for Greater Manchester and the North West by the Manchester Evening News (2007),^[3] and was named the most influential northerner by The Big Issue magazine in 2010.^[4]

According to The Sunday Times Rich List in 2019, Whittaker is worth £1.95 billion, a decrease of £300 million from 2018.^{[citation needed]}

Early life

Whittaker was born to John and May Whittaker in Bury, Lancashire in 1942.

He was educated at Prior Park College, a Catholic boarding school in Bath, Somerset, and considered becoming a priest before deciding to join the family The Peel Group - Wikipedia PEZU