Nicholas Charles Tyrwhitt Wheeler (born 20 January 1965) is an English businessman. In 1986, he established the Charles Tyrwhitt company and

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brand, which he owns. Wheeler was born in

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and was educated at the Dragon School in

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and

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. At Eton, he was a classmate of former

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. After Eton, Wheeler attended the

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, where he studied geography. His first job was as a

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for Bain & Company. In November 1986, with the assistance of financing from his family and said connections, he set up Charles Tyrwhitt, a shirt brand in the United Kingdom. It grew to be the UK's largest

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shirt business, and it also has several brick and mortar locations. In 2008, he was a regional judge for the ''Entrepreneur Challenge'' in the UK.

Personal life

Wheeler is married to Chrissie Rucker, founder of The White Company. They have four children: Tom, Ella, India and Bea. In 2010, Wheeler supported the

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in the 2010 general election. He voted in favour of the UK's

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in 2016. As of 2020, Wheeler and his wife's collective wealth was estimated at £427 million by the '' Sunday Times Rich List''. In 2016 Wheeler was reported as owning Tythrop Park in

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and a duplex penthouse chalet in Klosters,

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The Wheeler Programme

In 2017, Wheeler founded a fully-funded educational programme for around 20 students per year, named "The Wheeler Programme". This has 100 students from local partnering schools at any one time, each student joining in Year 9, before graduating from the programme at the end of Year 13. Wheeler funds for each of these children to have this experience at Wellington College, a co-educational school in

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. When asked to comment, Wheeler said: ''“Our graduating students are an incredible group of individuals. I have no doubt that they will go on to achieve great things. We have worked hard over the last five years to ensure that they have been given the confidence and skills to make a difference, to not just their own world, but also to the world of all those around them.”''

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Wheeler, Nicholas 1965 births Living people Alumni of the University of Bristol Businesspeople from Ludlow English businesspeople in retailing English company founders Bain & Company employees Officers of the Order of the British Empire People educated at The Dragon School People educated at Eton College