Simon Arora | |
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Born | November 1969 |
Nationality | British |
Alma mater | Cambridge University |
Occupation | businessman |
Net worth | GBP £1.75 billion (Arora family, STRL, April 2015) |
Spouse(s) | Shalni Arora |
Children | 2 daughters |
Relatives |
Bobby Arora (brother) Robin Arora (brother) |
Simon Arora (born November 1969) is a British billionaire businessman, CEO of the retail chain B & M.
Simon Arora was born in November 1969. He studied law at Cambridge University.
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 £1.75 billion.
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.