Name Richard Harpin Role Business person | Education University of York Organizations founded Homeserve | |
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Richard harpin
Richard David Harpin (born 1964) is the founder of Homeserve, one of the United Kingdom's largest home emergency businesses.
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Career
Born in Huddersfield and educated at the Royal Grammar School, Newcastle, before going on to the University of York, Richard Harpin joined Procter & Gamble in 1986 to pursue a marketing career. He worked at Procter & Gamble until 1990 before joining Deloitte as a management consultant.
In 1993 he established Homeserve as a joint venture with South Staffordshire Water and built it into one of the United Kingdom's largest home emergency businesses.
He is a member of the Apprenticeship Ambassadors Network.
He lives near York and uses a helicopter to commute to work in Walsall.
Family
He is married to Kate and together they have one daughter and two sons.