Peter Harris (entrepreneur)

Peter Harris (born 1934) owns, via a Guernsey-based fiduciary company, a stake worth in 2011 £360m in Hemel Hempstead-based Bourne Leisure, which he founded in 1964 and of which he remains chairman. The Sunday Times Rich List estimated in 2011 that his worth was £400m, which placed him 200th on the list.[1][2] The Sunday Times Rich List estimated in 2018 that his worth was £800m.

In 1977, he began to buy land at Tring in Hertfordshire, where he trained racehorses until 2004.[3] For the next seven years, the training licence was held by his son-in-law Walter Swinburn.[4] Following his retirement as a trainer, Harris remained a significant owner of the yard.[5] Swinburn relinquished his licence at the end of October 2011 for "commercial reasons".[5] The estate was put on the market by Harris shortly after Swinburn's retirement.[3]

Harris was born in the UK. He owns several other companies, including an aviation business and a golf course.

References
  1. "Rich List 2011". The Sunday Times.
  2. Power, Ben (28 September 2000). "Rank says goodbye to redcoats in £700m sale". The Independent. London. Retrieved 2 June 2011.
  3. "What would you do with Swinburn's £10m racing pad?". Archived from the original on 13 September 2016. Retrieved 26 March 2015.
  4. "Walter Swinburn: Triple Win". Retrieved 2 June 2011.
  5. "Walter Swinburn will quit training career at the end of next month". Retrieved 26 March 2015.


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