Age, Biography and Wiki
Allan Leighton was born on 12 April, 1953 in Hereford, England, is a British businessman. Discover Allan Leighton's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 70 years old?
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70 years old |
| Zodiac Sign |
Aries |
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12 April 1953 |
| Birthday |
12 April |
| Birthplace |
Hereford, England |
| Nationality |
United Kingdom
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Allan Leighton Height, Weight & Measurements
At 70 years old, Allan Leighton height not available right now. We will update Allan Leighton's Height, weight, Body Measurements, Eye Color, Hair Color, Shoe & Dress size soon as possible.
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Dating & Relationship status
He is currently single. He is not dating anyone. We don't have much information about He's past relationship and any previous engaged. According to our Database, He has no children.
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3 |
Allan Leighton Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Allan Leighton worth at the age of 70 years old? Allan Leighton’s income source is mostly from being a successful businessman. He is from United Kingdom. We have estimated Allan Leighton's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
| Net Worth in 2024 |
$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Under Review |
| Net Worth in 2023 |
Pending |
| Salary in 2023 |
Under Review |
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Not Available |
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Not Available |
| Source of Income |
businessman |
Allan Leighton Social Network
Timeline
Allan Leighton (born 12 April 1953) is a British businessman, chairman of The Co-operative Group since February 2015, former CEO of Asda, former chief executive of Pandora, and former non-executive chairman of the Royal Mail.
He is also the co-owner of Brackley Town.
Allan Leighton was born in Hereford, the son of a Co-op shop manager, and raised in Oxford.
He thought about becoming a professional footballer, but broke his leg in six places aged 15.
He supports Leeds United, where he was deputy chairman, Saracens rugby team, Northamptonshire County Cricket Club and the Toronto Maple Leafs ice hockey team.
Leighton joined Lloyds Bank as a cashier in 1972.
He left to join Mars UK in Slough as a salesman in 1974 and worked at the company for eighteen years, where his colleagues included Justin King, David Cheesewright and Richard Baker.
He was appointed General Sales Manager for the UK Grocery Division in 1987 (the youngest director in the company worldwide), and subsequently, managing director of Mars in Ireland and Portugal.
Leighton says he owes a lot to the Mars brothers, who gave him the practical basis for much of what he did at Asda: they would fly economy, hire a car and inspect a factory without warning before management arrived, talking to workers to get a sense of what was going on.
Leaving Mars as marketing and sales director for Pedigree Petfoods, he joined Archie Norman's management team at Asda as Marketing Director in March 1992.
He attended Harvard University's six-week Advanced Management Program.
In 1999, it was reported that an £18bn merger would happen between Asda and Kingfisher plc, which would see Leighton become deputy chief executive of the enlarged group.
However, the merger fell through and the company was sold to the US-based Wal-Mart for £6.2 billion in the same year.
Leighton held several non-executive roles while still at Asda including Deputy Chairman of Leeds United Football Club from 1999 to 2003.
After leaving Asda in 2000, he was
chairman of Business in the Community from 2000 to 2008, chairman of Lastminute.com from 2000 to 2004 and chairman of the Royal Mail from 2002 to 2008.
Leighton took part in the 2008 London Marathon to raise money for Breast Cancer Care, a charity to which he pledges all his earnings from television, speeches and his book "On Leadership".
In 2010, the University of Central Lancashire awarded him an honorary fellowship, in recognition of his achievements.
He received a £3.4 million payoff from his previous employers Pandora, where he was chief executive from July 2013 to August 2014.
In February 2015, The Co-operative Group appointed Leighton as its new independent non-executive chairman, he became the first independent chairman for the business.
Leighton's later roles included chairman The Co-operative Group from 2015, chairman of Simba Sleep from August 2018, and chairman at BrewDog from September 2021.
He also served as a non-executive director at Dyson, BSkyB and Scottish Power.
