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Lord Harris of PeckhamLord Harris was educated at Streatham Grammar School and in 1957, at the age of 15, took over the running of the family business. This consisted of three carpet shops, which by 1977 he had increased to 93. Later that year he acquired Queensway Discount Warehouse and in 1978 successfully floated the Harris Queensway Group. In 1988, Harris Queensway was taken over by the Lowndes Consortium and Lord Harris went on to set up Carpetright, which was floated in 1993. Lord Harris is Chairman and Chief Executive of Carpetright plc, which now has in excess of 644 stores and still expanding. Lord Harris is also Chairman of Harris Ventures Ltd. and the Prostate Cancer "Investing In Life" Campaign. Lord Harris is a major sponsor of the Harris City Technology College in Croydon, Bacon's College, Southwark and Kemnal Technology College, Sidcup. He is also in the process of funding two City Academies, one in Peckham and another in Croydon, together with a Community Centre in Peckham with several more to follow. He is a benefactor of two colleges at Oxford, Oriel and Harris Manchester and Lucy Cavendish College, Cambridge. Lord Harris is a non-executive director of Matalan plc and also of Arsenal Football Club. He was awarded Businessman of the Year in 1983, knighted in 1985 and elevated to the peerage in 1996. |
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