Colin Graves
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Colin Graves is an English entrepreneur
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Graves founded the supermarket chain Costcutter
in 1986 and remains its Chairman. He is also currently the chairman and a former chief executive of Yorkshire County Cricket Club
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Colin was raised on a farm near Thorne, Yorkshire. He went to Goole Grammar School.
Entrepreneur
An entrepreneur is an owner or manager of a business enterprise who makes money through risk and initiative.The term was originally a loanword from French and was first defined by the Irish-French economist Richard Cantillon. Entrepreneur in English is a term applied to a person who is willing to...
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Graves founded the supermarket chain Costcutter
Costcutter
Costcutter is based in the United Kingdom, Ireland and Poland under which there are supermarkets and local and urban convenience stores. The banner also has its own brand of goods and products which are sold alongside Nisa Today own-brand products and branded products.As of December 2006,...
in 1986 and remains its Chairman. He is also currently the chairman and a former chief executive of Yorkshire County Cricket Club
Yorkshire County Cricket Club
Yorkshire County Cricket Club represents the historic county of Yorkshire as one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure....
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Colin was raised on a farm near Thorne, Yorkshire. He went to Goole Grammar School.