20 Facts About Richard Caring

Richard Allan Caring was born on 4 June 1948 and is a British businessman.

Richard Caring initially built a business, International Clothing Designs, supplying Hong Kong-manufactured fashion to UK retailers.

Richard Caring is the chairman of Caprice Holdings, which owns and operates The Ivy chain of restaurants.

Richard Caring left school aged 16 and joined a shopping centre development company as an office boy, before joining Louis Richard Caring Originals, his father's dress manufacturing business that employed seven people:.

In 1971 Richard Caring first visited Hong Kong, where labour and materials were far cheaper than in Britain.

The manoeuvre worked, and Richard Caring cornered the market in fast fashion.

Richard Caring supplied Next plc via a joint venture company NV, but sold his share in the 1990s back to the retailer.

Richard Caring built a joint venture to supply Freemans catalogues, again now sold to the partner.

Richard Caring co-developed the Together brand, which after buying out partners he sold to German catalogue firm Otto Versand.

In 2007, Richard Caring looked at buying the distressed Prada brand.

Richard Caring purchased the former US Navy building in London's Grosvenor Square in 2009.

Richard Caring began to reshape the group, which created much media coverage for someone who previously preferred to stay out of the limelight.

Richard Caring was a shareholder in Carluccio's; the restaurant chain was sold to Landmark Group in 2010.

The speed with which Richard Caring built his restaurant chain resulted in many questioning his reasoning, on both a strategic level as well as the high purchase prices paid.

At that time, Richard Caring's strategy was built around three brands: Annabel's, including the Birley clubs ; Soho House; and Caprice, the restaurant link between the two club chains.

Richard Caring was not later implicated or named as part of the Cash for Honours investigation.

Richard Caring has donated to the Conservative Party on several occasions, mainly in the form of auction prizes.

The Guardian has reported that Richard Caring donated $1m to the Clinton Foundation.

Richard Caring is an Aldershot-born model and the daughter of a retired British Army major.

Richard Caring's friends include Sir Philip Green and Scottish philanthropist Sir Tom Hunter.