John H Ritblat
John Henry Ritblat (born 3 October 1935) is a British business man.
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Business career
- Ritblat, the son of a Hampstead dentist, started work for Edward Erdman, the estate agent who trained several generations of developers, and went on to learn at the feet of another famous figure, the late Sir Max Joseph, founder of Grand Metropolitan. For 10 years, he and another future developer, Neville Conrad, ran a highly successful agency of their own. Ritblat took control of a small company, Union Property, which he reversed into British Land in 1970. In building it up to its present size as one of Britain's top half dozen property groups, Ritblat has earned himself respect and dislike in equal measure. [1]
Personal life
Ritblat is married to his second wife [[Jill Ritblat]:
- his first wife died in a bizarre accident, when she fell out of his executive jet as it was coming in to land. Seven years later, in 1986, he married Jill Slotover, a well-known collector of contemporary art. Since then he - and British Land - have been active on the contemporary art scene.[1]
Business appointments
- 1952-58 West End firm of surveyors and valuers[2]
- Appointed Non-executive director of Fitzhardinge on 15 June 2001.
- 1958- Founder, senior partner and chairman of Conrad Ritblat and Co. [3]
- 1970-2006, chairman British Land(md 1970-2004, hon pres 2007-)[3]
- Member of the Audit committee of Colliers CRE
- Chairman of the board Milner Estates
- 1969, md Union Property Holdings (London) Ltd;[3]
- 1997- chm Milner Estates plc;[3]
Higher education, science and philanthropic roles
- Honorary fellow and Deputy Chairman of the board of governors of he London Business School
- Honorary fellow and Deputy Chairman Royal Academy of Music
- Board of Governors Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel[4] | Vice President of Weizmann UK[5]
- Life Fellow Royal Institution, 2001; Member of Council, 2002-[6]
- Trustee of JH Ritblat Charitable Trust | John and Isabel Ritblat Education Trust(a 'linked charity' with Weizmann UK [7] | The Sir John Ritblat Family Foundation
- 1969 Commissioner Crown Estate Paving Cmmn;
- 1991-2005 (at least) Board of Governors The Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel;
- 1978-2001 sole sponsor British National Skiing Championships;
- hon surveyor King George's Fund for Sailors 1979,
- memb Cncl RGS 1984 (life memb 1982),
- pres British Ski Fedn 1994- (vice-pres 1984-89),
- dep chm and govr RAM;
- memb: Prince of Wales' Royal Parks Tree Appeal Ctee,
- Fin Devpt Bd NSPCC,
- British Library Bd 1995,
- Governing Body RAM 1998;
- dep chm and govr Hall Sch,
- govr London Business Sch (chm 2006-);
- hon life FRSA,
- life fell Royal Instn 2001 (memb Cncl 2002-);
- FSVA 1968,
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Nicholas Faith Who is king of the castle?: As technocrats and fund managers move in on the commercial property front, the last few individualists are fighting for a leading role in the future shape of London. Deal-maker John Ritblat, is taking on developer Stuart Lipton, whose visions have included projects like the City's Broadgate. on two ways to build an empire, independent on Sunday, SUNDAY 27 FEBRUARY 1994
- ↑ Debrett's People of Today Sir John Ritblat Authorised biography, Accessed 2 august 2013
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Cite error: Invalid
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- ↑ Weizmann UK Board of Trustees, Accessed 2 August 2013
- ↑ Debrett's People of Today Sir John Ritblat Authorised biography, Accessed 2 august 2013
- ↑ Data from the Charity Commission website http://www.charitycommission.gov.uk/find-charities/
