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Sir Kenneth Duncan "Ken" Morrison CBE (born 20 October 1931) is a British businessman, who is the Life President and former chairman of Morrisons (Wm Morrison Supermarkets PLC), the fourth largest supermarket group in the United Kingdom. ==Early and private life== He is the youngest child of the late William Matthew Morrison and Hilda Morrison (née Ryder), who owned a small grocery chain set up in 1899. He was born in Bradford, and was brought up by five elder sisters. Whilst at Bradford Grammar School, Morrison worked in the family provisions business in the school holidays. He was given jobs such as working on the market stalls or checking eggs against lamps for defects. Morrison served in the Royal Army Ordnance Corps as a National Serviceman, and was demobilised in 1952. His father was seriously ill, so Ken began to manage the business at the age of 26.〔http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2011/aug/16/sir-ken-morrison-fsa-fine〕 Morrison received the CBE in 1990 and was knighted in the 2000 new year’s honours list for services to the food retailing industry. In the ''Sunday Times Rich List 2007'' ranking of the wealthiest people in the UK he was placed 35th with an estimated family fortune of £1,595 million.〔(''Sunday Times Rich List 2007'' online edition )〕 Today, his family retain 15.5% of the company. In the Sunday Times Rich List 2013, his family's wealth was estimated to be £1.05bn, making them 83rd in the list of the 1,000 richest people in the UK.〔http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/business/10367820.Regional____rich_list____results_see_Sir_Ken_Morrison_slip_down_the_ranks/〕 Morrison lives on the outskirts of York, in Myton Hall, Myton-upon-Swale, North Yorkshire, with his wife Lynne, and his two youngest children. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ken Morrison」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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