Sir Stuart Rose
| The Lord Rose of Monewden | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Stuart Alan Ransom Rose 17 March 1949 Gosport, Hampshire, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation | Businessman |
| Years active | 1972–present |
| Net worth |
 £34 million (est.) (2011)
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| Title |
CEO of Burton Group PLC (1994–?) CEO of Argos (1997–?) CEO of Arcadia Group (2000–02) CEO of M&S (2004–10) Executive chairman of M&S (2008–11) non-executive director of Woolworths Holdings Ltd. (2011–present) chairman Oasis Dental |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse(s) | Jennifer Cook (m. 1973–2010) (divorced) |
| Partner(s) | Kate Reardon (until 2009) |
| Children | 2 |
Stuart Alan Ransom Rose, Baron Rose of Monewden (born 17 March 1949) is an English businessman and life peer, who was the executive chairman of the British retailer Marks & Spencer. Following the appointment of Marc Bolland in May 2010, Rose stepped down as executive chairman at the end of July 2010 and remained as chairman until early 2011 when he was replaced by Robert Swannell. He was knighted in 2008 for his services to the retail industry, and created a Conservative life peer on 17 September 2014, taking the title Baron Rose of Monewden, of Monewden in the County of Suffolk.
Rose's grandparents were White Russian émigrés who fled to China after the 1917 revolution. Their son, Rose's father, was unofficially adopted by an English Quaker spinster, who offered to take him to safety in England as war loomed. The original family name was Bryantzeff, which Rose's father, ex-RAF and civil servant, changed. His mother's side is English, Scottish and Greek. The young family lived in a caravan in Warwickshire until Rose senior obtained a posting with the Imperial Civil Service in Tanganyika (now Tanzania). Rose went to the Roman Catholic St Joseph's Convent School in Dar es Salaam until he was 11. When he was 13 years old his family returned to England and his parents sent him to Bootham School, an independent Quaker boarding school in York. His first job was as an administration assistant at the BBC.
Rose first joined Marks & Spencer in 1972, as a management trainee. Rose remained with Marks & Spencer until 1989, when he joined the Burton Group as Chief Executive in 1994. The Burton Group demerged, forming the Arcadia and Debenhams businesses.
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