Martin Long (businessman)

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Martin Long (born 26 August 1950) is a businessman and founder of Churchill Insurance.

Career

Long began his career working in a number of insurance companies. He went on to become managing director of Halifax Insurance. [1]

Together with Peter Wood, he founded Direct Line in 1985, the first telephone-only insurance company in the UK. [2] Four years later, Long broke away to form Churchill, a company he would manage himself until its purchase by the Royal Bank of Scotland in 2003, [3] a deal that is said to have earned Long £50 million. [2] He retained his job of running Churchill until 2004, when he left to set up his own property company. [2]

Long was also one of the owners of Crystal Palace Football Club, holding 25% of the club's shares. [4] After American investors Josh Harris and David Blitzer made a deal with Crystal Palace F.C., Long now holds 2.5% with the Americans and Steve Parish being the majority share holders.

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References

  1. ↑ "Luxury Homes Surrey, Property Developers Surrey, Luxury Property Kent, Churchill Properties". www.churchill-properties.com. Archived from the original on 8 January 2018. Retrieved 30 July 2017.
  2. 1 2 3 "Business big shot: Martin Long, of Churchill Properties", The Times
  3. ↑ "Royal Bank of Scotland buys Churchill insurance", The Independent 11 June 2003, accessed 11 March 2014
  4. ↑ "Long live Crystal Palace" Archived 2011-02-01 at the Wayback Machine , Daniel Jones, This is Croydon Today


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