Peter Emerson Jones

OBE The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding valuable service in a wide range of useful activities. It comprises five classes of awards across both civil and military divisions, the most senior two o ...

(born March 1935) is founder and chairman of the

Emerson Group The Emerson Group is one of the largest privately owned property development companies in the United Kingdom. Emerson was founded by Peter Emerson Jones in 1959 and is based in Alderley Edge, Cheshire, UK. Its subsidiaries include Orbit Develop ...

, one of the largest privately owned property development companies in the United Kingdom. In May 2024, Jones was listed in the

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with an estimated net worth of £1.286 billion.

Early life

Peter Emerson Jones was born in March 1935. Before going into property, Jones qualified as a joiner and worked for his father's business.

Career

Jones founded the

in 1959. Originally known as P E Jones Contractors, the company initially specialised in building houses on small plots of land in

Cheshire Cheshire ( ) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in North West England. It is bordered by Merseyside to the north-west, Greater Manchester to the north-east, Derbyshire to the east, Staffordshire to the south-east, and Shrop ...

. The company started developing properties in Bolton, Lytham, Glasgow and Sterling in the 1980s. The Emerson Group is now one of the largest privately owned property development companies in the UK. It builds between 250 and 500 residential houses in the UK annually. The company is based in

Alderley Edge Alderley Edge is a village and civil parishes in England, civil parish in Cheshire, England, north-west of Macclesfield and south of Manchester. It lies at the base of a wooded sandstone escarpment, ''The Edge'', overlooking the Cheshire Plai ...

, Cheshire, and as well as housebuilding, owns Bolton's Middlebrook Park, Oasis Parque
Boavista Golf & Spa Resort
and Jardim do Vau among other properties in

Algarve The Algarve (, , ) is the southernmost NUTS statistical regions of Portugal, NUTS II region of continental Portugal. It has an area of with 467,495 permanent inhabitants and incorporates 16 municipalities (concelho, ''concelhos'' or ''município ...

, Portugal and

Orlando, Florida Orlando ( ) is a city in and the county seat of Orange County, Florida, United States. The city proper had a population of 307,573 at the 2020 census, making it the fourth-most populous city in Florida behind Jacksonville, Florida, Jacksonville ...

. The business employs around 600 people.

Personal life

He is married to Audrey, and their sons Tony and Mark are directors of the main holding company, Emerson Developments (Holdings), as are their parents. In the

2014 New Year Honours The New Year Honours 2014 were appointments by some of the 16 Commonwealth realms to various orders and honours to recognise and reward good works by citizens of those countries. The New Year Honours are awarded as part of the New Year celebrati ...

, he received an OBE for services to business in the North West. Peter and Audrey are also trustees of The Emerson Foundation.

References

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