Gerald Ronson
Gerald Maurice Ronson (b. 27 May 1939) was the Jewish businessman and Chief Executive (1988-1983) of the Heron Corporation plc., Heron International plc., and Chief Executive of Snaz 24 Corporation Ltd., all based in London, UK.[1]
By the early 1980s Heron was one of the largest private companies in the United Kingdom, with assets of over £1.5 billion, but the company was over-extended and by the 1990s had virtually collapsed with debts of £2.4 billion, and owed to 89 banks and 15,000 bondholders.
In 1993 Ronson, a relation of Malcolm Rifkind and Leon Brittan[2], Larry Parnes, the stockbroker, and Ernest Saunders (real surname Schleyer) were all in prison for multi-million pound conspiratorial fraud in the Guiness Share Scandal.[3]
Ronson married on 10th September 1967, Gail Cohen.[4]
References
- ↑ Crookes, John & Green, Alison, editors, Debrett's People of Today 14th annual edition, London, 2001, p.1686.
- ↑ Kay, William, Tycoons: Where They Came from and How They Made It, Piatkus Books, 1985, p.143, ISBN 0861883470
- ↑ http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/doors-that-are-ajar-to-pros-who-are-cons-a-certain-class-of-criminal-seems-to-gravitate-towards-ford-open-prison-it-is-easy-to-see-why-says-richard-hornsby-1462254.html
- ↑ Debrett's, 2001, p.1686
