词条 | Matt Moulding |
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| name = Matt Moulding | image = | image_size = | caption = | birth_name = Matthew John Moulding | birth_date = {{birth year and age|1949|08}} | birth_place = Colne, Lancashire | death_date = | death_place = | residence = | nationality = British | education = | occupation = Businessman | known for = Founder of The Hut Group | salary = | networth = £550 million[1] | title = | term = | predecessor = | successor = | boards = | spouse = | children = 4 | parents = | relations = | website = }} Matt Moulding (February 1972)[2] is founder of The Hut Group. According to The Sunday Times Rich List, he has a net worth of £550 million.[3] Early lifeBorn in Colne, Lancashire, Moulding studied industrial economics at the University of Nottingham before going on to qualify as a chartered accountant.[1][4][5] He father was a tarmac contractor and his mother was an antiques trader.[6] He went on to work at the Caudwell Group, where he became finance director of the distribution business, working directly with John Caudwell.[4][6] CareerIn 2004, Moulding founded The Hut Group, originally inspired from buying a CD online.[4] He said that he recognised that selling online could be "fundamentally so much cheaper".[4] After investing £500,000 in the company, it took the business three years to break even, initially selling CDs online from the Channel Islands to avoid VAT.[4][6] Moulding persuaded Sir Terry Leahy and Sir Stuart Rose to become early investors.[7][8] Following the launch of the iPhone and rising in digital music streaming Moulding shifted his focus to selling other products online, and acquired a number of other e-commerce businesses, including IWantOneOfThose.com, Lookfantastic, MyProtein, Zavvi, and Illamasqua.[4] In 2014, KKR bought a 20 percent of the business.[7] In 2013, it was reported that Moulding was considering floating the company.[9] As of 2016, the company operates 100 e-commerce websites.[4] As of 2018, the company operated 166 websites.[6] In 2018, it was announced that Moulding would be stepping down as CEO to become Executive Chairman.[10] Personal lifeMoulding lives in Northwich, and has four children.[7] He has said that he avoids international travel.[7] In 2015, Moulding signed a letter supporting the Conservative Party in the 2015 general election.[11] References1. ^1 {{Cite web|url=https://login.thesundaytimes.co.uk/?gotoUrl=https%3A%2F%2Ffeatures.thesundaytimes.co.uk%2Frichlist%2Fview%2Fgroup6%2F1%2Frank%2F-%2F-%2Fretail|title=The Sunday Times Rich List|last=|first=|date=|website=login.thesundaytimes.co.uk|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=2019-02-14}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Moulding, Matt}}2. ^{{Cite web|url=https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/officers/Sg_uGR4h4PGVvWgh8AnbUfyOQoU/appointments|title=Matthew John MOULDING - Personal Appointments (free information from Companies House)|website=beta.companieshouse.gov.uk|language=en|access-date=2019-02-14}} 3. ^{{Cite web|url=https://login.thesundaytimes.co.uk/?gotoUrl=https%3A%2F%2Ffeatures.thesundaytimes.co.uk%2Frichlist%2Fview%2Fgroup6%2F1%2Frank%2F-%2F-%2Fretail|title=The Sunday Times Rich List|last=|first=|date=|website=login.thesundaytimes.co.uk|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=2019-02-14}} 4. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 {{Cite web|url=http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/business/business-news/the-hut-group-online-retail-12297627|title=How buying a CD online led to a £500m company|last=Begum|first=Shelina|date=2016-12-11|website=men|access-date=2019-02-14}} 5. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.thg.com/blog/2018/11/20/matthew-moulding-takes-the-executive-chair-of-the-hut-group/|title=Matthew Moulding Takes The Executive Chair of The Hut Group|date=2018-11-20|website=The Hut Group.|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-02-14}} 6. ^1 2 3 {{Cite news|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/the-hut-group-northwichs-answer-to-estee-lauder-9b9208p03|title=The Hut Group: Northwich’s answer to Estée Lauder|last=Shah|first=Oliver|date=2018-06-10|work=The Sunday Times|access-date=2019-02-14|language=en|issn=0956-1382}} 7. ^1 2 3 {{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/retailandconsumer/11625099/Hut-Group-boss-happy-to-stay-private.html|title=Hut Group boss happy to stay private|last=Anderson|first=Elizabeth|date=2015-05-24|access-date=2019-02-14|language=en-GB|issn=0307-1235}} 8. ^{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/0/debretts-500-list-entrepreneurs/|title=Debrett's 500 List: Entrepreneurs|date=2017-01-20|work=The Telegraph|access-date=2019-02-14|language=en-GB|issn=0307-1235}} 9. ^{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/business/2013/sep/20/the-hut-online-retailer-eyes-250m-flotation|title=The Hut packs a punch and eyes up £250m flotation|last=Butler|first=Sarah|date=2013-09-20|work=The Guardian|access-date=2019-02-14|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}} 10. ^{{Cite web|url=https://news.sky.com/story/british-tech-unicorn-the-hut-group-launches-board-shake-up-11558026|title=British tech 'unicorn' The Hut Group launches board shake-up|website=Sky News|language=en|access-date=2019-02-14}} 11. ^{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/apr/01/donors-peers-tory-business-letter|title=Donors and peers among signatories of pro-Tory business letter|last=Watt|first=Holly|date=2015-04-01|work=The Guardian|access-date=2019-02-14|last2=Mason|first2=Rowena|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077|last3=Siddique|first3=Haroon|last4=Grierson|first4=Jamie|last5=Pegg|first5=David}} 4 : 1972 births|Living people|People from Colne|British businesspeople |
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