Anthony William Pidgley CBE was an English businessman.
12 Facts About Tony Pidgley
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Tony Pidgley was the founder and chairman of Berkeley Group Holdings, one of the UK's largest housebuilding businesses.
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Anthony Tony Pidgley was born in 1947 in Surrey to a single mother, and then adopted from Barnardos.
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Tony Pidgley spent his early life living in a disused railway carriage.
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Tony Pidgley worked with his parents cutting down trees and selling the logs.
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Tony Pidgley left home in 1962 and founded a haulage business which he expanded until it had 40 lorries and then sold it to Crest Nicholson in 1968.
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Tony Pidgley then worked for Crest Nicholson for seven years.
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Tony Pidgley has since seen off a bid for his business from his son.
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Tony Pidgley was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 2013 New Year Honours for services to the Housing Sector and the community.
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Tony Pidgley received an honorary doctorate from Heriot-Watt University in 2013.
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Tony Pidgley married twice, most recently to Sarah Hill, and had two children by each marriage.
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Tony Pidgley died on 26 June 2020, after suffering a stroke.