Julian Metcalfe

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Julian Metcalfe
OBE
Born (1959-12-14) 14 December 1959 (age 65)
NationalityBritish
OccupationBusinessman
Known forFounder and CEO of itsu
Founder of Metcalfe's Food Company
Spouses
Melanie Willson Faggionato
(m. 1992;div. 2005)
Brooke Douglass de Ocampo
(m. 2008)
Children3

Julian Edward Metcalfe OBE (born 14 December 1959) is a British entrepreneur and founder of food retailers Itsu, and Metcalfe's Food Company. [1] [2]

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According to the Sunday Times Rich List in 2019, Metcalfe is worth £215 million, an increase of £51 million from 2018. [3]

Early life

Metcalfe's mother was Alexa, the widow of Alexander Korda; his paternal grandfather was Edward Dudley Metcalfe, MVO, MC, an officer in the British Indian Army and a close friend and equerry of Edward VIII. [4] One of his great-grandfathers was George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston, a Governor-General of India, and a great-grandmother was the American heiress Mary Curzon, Baroness Curzon of Kedleston.

Metcalfe was educated at Harrow School in north-west London. He later attended the Polytechnic of Central London, where he first met his later business partner, Sinclair Beecham. [5]

Career

Metcalfe founded Pret a Manger, the popular sandwich shop, with college friend Sinclair Beecham in 1986, after purchasing the name and assets from the original founder Jeffrey Hyman. In May 2018, Pret was bought for £1.5 billion, and Metcalfe's stake was valued at £75 million. [3]

Metcalfe founded itsu in 1997. He currently owns 54% of the company. [3]

Metcalfe founded Metcalfe's Food Company in 2008. It sells Asian inspired food under the brand name itsu and a range of snack food under the brand name Metcalfe’s skinny.

Metcalfe's skinny snack food Metcalfe's Skinny Topcorn is a popular brand of popcorn in the United Kingdom. [6]

In September 2016, Metcalfe sold his interests in Metcalfes Skinny in full to Kettle Foods owner Snyder's-Lance. [7]

Already a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE), he was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2014 Birthday Honours for services to the hospitality industry. [8]

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