Willie Haughey

The Lord Haughey
Born 1956
Gorbals, Glasgow, Scotland
Occupation Chairman, City Refrigeration Holdings UK Ltd
Net worth Increase £152 million
Political party Labour
Spouse(s) Susan Haughey, née Moore (m. 1985)
Children Kenny Haughey

William Haughey, Baron Haughey, OBE (born 1956 in Glasgow)[1] is a Scottish businessman, philanthropist[2] and chairman of City Refrigeration Holdings.

Career

Haughey formerly served as a non-executive director for Celtic F.C.,[3] and in 1997 signed a deal with Asda to maintain refrigeration equipment in stores throughout the United Kingdom.[4] City Refrigeration Holdings Headquarters are based in Gorbals, Glasgow. Sir Willie founded City Refrigeration, a refrigeration equipment supplier with his wife Lady Susan in 1985.[5]

Haughey has given over £5 million to charity over the past 5 years.[6] In January 2011 Haughey presented a cheque for £100,000 to UNICEF ambassador Sir Alex Ferguson to support the charity’s work with child flood victims in Pakistan.[7][8] In 2010 alone, he made charitable donations of £1.3 million.[9] Willie Haughey has backed the Entrepreneurial Spark start-up accelerator, hosting the Glasgow 'hatchery' in his City Refrigeration Headquarters.

Haughey has been named in several newspaper reports in connection with the resignation of Steven Purcell.[10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17] The 2010 edition of the Sunday Times Rich List estimated Sir Willie's fortune at £150 million.

Haughey was awarded an OBE in 2003[18] and was knighted in the 2012 Birthday Honours for services to business and philanthropy.[19][20] On 1 August 2013, it was announced he was going to be a Labour peer in the House of Lords. On 18 September 2013 he was created a life peer taking the title Baron Haughey, of Hutchesontown in the City of Glasgow.[21]

Honours

Official Website

Willie Haughey

References

  1. PressTeam Scotland Ltd - Tycoon unveils house plans
  2. Leadbetter, Russell. "I may be a millionaire but...". Evening Times. 3 October 2007
  3. The Scotsman
  4. City Refrigeration Holdings
  5. "Sir Willie Haughey's City Refrigeration sees profits up". BBC News. 20 June 2013.
  6. http://www.williehaughey.com/city-charitable-trust.aspx
  7. http://www.beattiegroup.com/prclients/pr-press-releases.aspx?news=31&id=10839
  8. http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/Willie-Haughey/
  9. http://www.williehaughey.com/city-charitable-trust.aspx
  10. "Resignation is a hammer-blow for Scottish Labour so close to a general election". Edinburgh: The Scotsman. 3 March 2010. Retrieved 28 March 2010.
  11. "Steven Purcell: Fall of a High Flier". Scotland on Sunday. 7 March 2010. Retrieved 28 March 2010.
  12. Ungoed-Thomas, Jon; MacAskill, Mark (14 March 2010). "Labour donor Willie Haughey in ‘cash for favours’ row". London: Sunday Times Scotland. Retrieved 28 March 2010.
  13. MacAskill, Mark; Ungoed-Thomas, Jon (14 March 2010). "Labour donor Willie Haughey linked to cocaine city councillor". London: Sunday Times Scotland. Retrieved 28 March 2010.
  14. "Company linked to Purcell in £700,000 land deal with Labour donor". The Herald. 21 March 2010. Retrieved 28 March 2010.
  15. "Firm caught up in Purcell furore pulls out of Labour party conference". The Herald. 23 March 2010. Retrieved 28 March 2010.
  16. "Heartland attack". The Economist. 25 March 2010. Retrieved 28 March 2010.
  17. MacAskill, Mark (28 March 2010). "Labour in little local difficulty". London: Sunday Times Scotland. Retrieved 28 March 2010.
  18. The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 56963. p. 11. 14 June 2003.
  19. The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 60173. p. 1. 16 June 2012.
  20. The London Gazette: no. 60593. p. 15796. 9 August 2013.
  21. The London Gazette: no. 60635. p. 18709. 23 September 2013.

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