Clive Schlee

Clive Schlee
Born

Clive Edward Benedict Schlee
March 1959 (age 57)


London, England

Nationality British
Education Rugby School
Alma mater University College, Oxford
Occupation CEO, Pret a Manger
Spouse(s) married
Children 3

Clive Edward Benedict Schlee (born March 1959) is a British businessman, the CEO of the UK fast food chain Pret a Manger since 2003.[1][2][3][4] He is related to several companies, e. g. ITSU Limited, Action Rock Limited, Shire Cape Limited.[5]

Early life

Clive Edward Benedict Schlee was born in March 1959[6] in London, and brought up there and in Suffolk. He was educated at Rugby School and received a bachelor's degree in history from University College, Oxford.[7][8]

Career

Schlee started his career in 1980 with Jardines, and spent 17 years there, rising to lead their worldwide restaurant businesses from Hong Kong, before joing Pret in 1997 as managing director. He is also a director and 50% owner of the sushi chain Itsu.[7][8]

Personal life

Schlee is married with three children.[8]

References

  1. ↑ Simon Neville (2015-04-22). "Clive Schlee: Pret a Manger ready to go global | People | News". The Independent. Retrieved 2016-04-28.
  2. ↑ "CEO Secrets: Pret A Manger boss Clive Schlee". BBC News. Retrieved 2016-04-28.
  3. ↑ "'We had a very hard look at ourselves': Pret boss talks for the first time about the media storm over his firm's record on hiring Brits | London Life | Lifestyle | London Evening Standard". Standard.co.uk. 2012-04-05. Retrieved 2016-04-28.
  4. ↑ Sarah Butler; Rupert Neate. "Why New Yorkers are queuing up … for Pret a Manger | Business". The Guardian. Retrieved 2016-04-28.
  5. ↑ "Clive Schlee director's profile". www.flixens.com. Retrieved 26 July 2016.
  6. ↑ "PRET A MANGER LIMITED - Officers (free information from Companies House)". Beta.companieshouse.gov.uk. Retrieved 2016-04-28.
  7. 1 2 "Leading Edge: Eight minutes and I'm in the hot seat". The Sunday Times. 2011-07-10. Retrieved 2016-04-28.
  8. 1 2 3 Rebecca Smithers. "Pret A Manger chief is stacking up healthy profits in lean times | Business". The Guardian. Retrieved 2016-04-28.
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