Nationality British Name Simon Arora | ||
Net worth GBP £1.75 billion (Arora family, STRL, April 2015) | ||
Siblings Bobby Arora, Robin Arora | ||
Simon Arora (born November 1969) is a British billionaire businessman, CEO of the retail chain B & M.
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Early life
Simon Arora was born in November 1969. He studied law at Cambridge University.
Career
Arora worked as an analyst for McKinsey, 3i and Barclays.
In 1995, he went into business with his younger brother Bobby Arora, importing homewares from Asia and supplying them to UK retail chains, before buying B & M in 2004, which was then a struggling grocery chain based in Blackpool.
Jointly with his brothers Bobby and Robin, they have a net worth of £1.92 billion..
Personal life
He is married to Shalni Arora, who has a Natural Sciences degree from Cambridge University, and was a co-founder of bio-tech business DxS. They have two daughters.
References
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