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Philip & Cristina Green

United Kingdom 74 years old Self-Made

Overview

Philip and Cristina Green own Topshop, Topman, Dorothy Perkins, Miss Selfridge and other British retailers through their Arcadia Group.

The Greens have been vilified in Britain for their role in letting their home retailer, BHS, collapse, which put pensions for 19,000 workers at risk.

In 2016, Parliament voted to strip Green of his knighthood over a pension deficit scandal. However, he is still a knight; the vote was symbolic.

In 2018, Philip stopped a newspaper from publishing its report on its investigation into allegations of his sexual harassment and bullying.

A college drop-out, Philip started his first business at age 21, importing jeans from Asia with a $30,000 loan from his family.

Arcadia's chairman, Phillip, works in London during the week and travels to Monoco, where Cristina lives, on the weekends.