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Jack Petchey is a British businessman and philanthropist. He is the founder of the Jack Petchey Foundation, which provides grants to young people in the UK. He is also the founder of the Petchey Group, a property and leisure business. Petchey was born in Plaistow, Essex, England on 19 July 1925. He left school at the age of 14 and began working as a messenger boy. He eventually worked his way up to become a successful businessman. Petchey is best known for his philanthropic work. In 2002, he founded the Jack Petchey Foundation, which provides grants to young people in the UK. The foundation has awarded over £100 million in grants since its inception. Petchey is also the founder of the Petchey Group, a property and leisure business. He is the chairman of the company, which owns a number of leisure and entertainment venues in London. Petchey is estimated to have a net worth of £1.2 billion. He is 98 years old.

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Occupation Businessman, philanthropist
Age 99 years old
Zodiac Sign Cancer
Born 19 July 1925
Birthday 19 July
Birthplace Plaistow, Essex, England
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Who Is Jack Petchey's Wife?

His wife is Diane Harrison Frances Segelman (m. 2016)

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Wife Diane Harrison Frances Segelman (m. 2016)
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Children 1 son, 3 daughters

Jack Petchey Net Worth

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Source of Income Businessman

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2017

As of May 2017, he is worth an estimated £550 million.

2010

On 27 May 2010, he was given the Freedom of the Borough of Newham.

2008

Petchey was nominated as a Scouting In London Ambassador for the Scout Association Region for Greater London at an Adult Appreciation ceremony in 2008.

2007

Petchey started a car hire and car sales business. From his profits he invested in property and timeshare which grew into a business empire valued over half a billion pounds by 2007. Jack became known as the grandfather of timeshare, and amassed his fortune with marketing in UK and abroad. It was the resort in Albufeira, Portugal, where the real timeshare boom took place, right up to late 2000s, when the whole conglomerate of leisure businesses was sold. In 1969, he was involved with property development, becoming one of the most successful businessmen in Britain.

2004

Petchey was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 2004 and Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2011 Birthday Honours for charitable services. He was knighted in the 2016 New Year Honours for services to young people in East London and Essex through the Jack Petchey Foundation.

1978

Petchey involvement in football first came when he was appointed a director of West Ham United in 1978. He then went on to own Watford Football Club which he bought from Elton John in 1987. He resigned as chairman in March 1994 and sold the club back to the singer.

1949

Petchey was married twice. He first married Diane Harrison in 1949, they had a son, John, and three daughters, Jackie, Susan and Amanda. In 2016 at the age of 90 he married a second time to Frances Segelman, a sculptor.

1925

Sir Jack Petchey CBE (born 19 July 1925) is an English businessman and philanthropist.

He was born on 19 July 1925 in Plaistow, Essex. He came from a working-class family and was brought up in the East End of London, leaving school aged 13.