Sir Gerald Maurice Ronson was born on 27 May 1939 and is a British businessman, philanthropist, and convicted criminal.
14 Facts About Gerald Ronson
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Gerald Ronson is a long-time supporter of Jewish charities, and was knighted for this charitable work in the UK's 2024 New Years Honours List.
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Gerald Ronson left school aged 15 to join his father in the family furniture business, named Heron after his father Henry.
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Gerald Ronson expanded into property development, at first with small residential projects, and later with commercial and office properties.
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Gerald Ronson survived with loans from Bill Gates, Rupert Murdoch, Craig McCaw, Oracle Corporation's founder, Larry Ellison, and others, and went on to develop projects including Heron Tower and The Heron in the City of London and The Peak in London's Victoria.
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Gerald Ronson was known in the UK as one of the Guinness Four for his involvement in the Guinness share-trading fraud of the 1980s.
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Gerald Ronson was convicted in August 1990 of one charge of conspiracy, two of false accounting, and one of theft.
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Gerald Ronson is a long-time supporter of Jewish and other charitable causes.
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Gerald Ronson is the Founding Chairman of the Jewish Community Security Trust, Vice-president of the NSPCC and President of JCoSS.
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Gerald Ronson won City AM's Personality of the Year Award in September 2011 and other awards.
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Gerald Ronson was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 2012 New Year Honours list for charitable services.
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Gerald Ronson was knighted in the 2024 New Year Honours for services to philanthropy and to the Jewish community.
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Gerald Ronson is married to philanthropist and socialite Dame Gail Gerald Ronson.
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Gerald Ronson is the uncle of record producer Mark Ronson.