Summary
Robin Michael Faccenda OBE (born 21 June 1937) is a businessman in the poultry industry. According to the 2005 Sunday Times Rich List, he was the 654th richest man in Britain with a combined wealth of £75m.[1] As of 2008[update], The Sunday Times valued his wealth at £45m.[2]
Early life edit
He gained a National Diploma in Poultry from Harper Adams College in 1961.[citation needed]
Career edit
He is the chairman of the Faccenda Group,[3] formerly the second largest Chicken processor in the UK, and owner of its parent company Hillesden Investments Ltd.[3] In 2018, Faccenda Foods and Cargill opened a joint venture to take over their U.K. fresh poultry businesses, Avara Foods, employing 6,000 people.[4]
He previously owned several other businesses, including Direct Legal & Collections, a debt collection agency.[citation needed]
Faccenda was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2023 New Year Honours for services to the UK poultry industry and education.[5]
Personal life edit
He lives in Hillesden in Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire, between Bicester and Bletchley.[citation needed]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "Rich List 2005: Robin Faccenda and family". The Sunday Times. Times Newspapers. 2005. Retrieved 7 September 2009.
- ^ "Rich List: Robin Faccenda and family". The Sunday Times. Times Newspapers. 27 April 2008. Retrieved 7 September 2009.
- ^ a b Sibun, Jonathan (13 August 2008). "Britain's biggest private companies: Eat, drink and be profitable". The Daily Telegraph. Telegraph Media Group. Retrieved 7 September 2009.
- ^ "Cargill and Faccenda unveil Avara Foods joint venture". Food Manufacture. 31 January 2018. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
- ^ "No. 63918". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 2022. p. N12.