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Mike Parsons | |
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| Born | August 25, 1950 |
| Known for | Barchester Healthcare |
Mike Parsons (born 25 August 1950) is a British businessman, best known for founding Barchester Healthcare, the UK's third largest provider of care homes. He retired as CEO in 2013. [1]
Parsons studied economics at Sussex and Oxford Universities. He then became a management consultant. He subsequently took an MBA at the London Business School and a Diploma in International Management at HEC Paris and the Graduate School of Business Administration on Wall Street.[ citation needed ]
Parsons was a founding director, shareholder and managing director of a top London advertising agency (KHBB) which he and his partners sold to Saatchi & Saatchi in 1985, thus becoming a major shareholder in that company. He worked at Saatchi for five years and was Chief Operating Officer of the international network.[ citation needed ] During this time he rationalised the Saatchi International network which involved the merging of many businesses.[ citation needed ] In 1990 he sold his shareholding and left the company. [2]
2012 Outstanding contribution by an individual [3]
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