Willie Haughey

The Right Honourable
The Lord Haughey
OBE
Born 1956
Gorbals, Glasgow, Scotland
Occupation Chairman, City Refrigeration Holdings UK Ltd
Net worth Increase £152 million
Political party Labour
Spouse(s) Susan Haughey, née Moore (m. 1978)
Children Kenny Haughey

William Haughey, Baron Haughey, OBE (born 1956 in Glasgow)[1] is a Scottish businessman, philanthropist[2] and chairman of City Facilities Management Holdings Ltd.

Career

Haughey formerly served as a non-executive director for Celtic F.C.,[3] and in 1997 signed a deal with Asda to maintain refrigeration equipment in stores throughout the United Kingdom.[4] City Refrigeration Holdings Headquarters are in Gorbals, Glasgow. Sir Willie founded City Refrigeration, a refrigeration equipment supplier with his wife Susan in 1985.[5]

Haughey has given over £5 million to charity over the past 5 years.[6] In January 2011 Haughey presented a cheque for £100,000 to UNICEF ambassador Sir Alex Ferguson to support the charity’s work with child flood victims in Pakistan.[7][8] In 2010 alone, he made charitable donations of £1.3 million.[9] Willie Haughey has backed the Entrepreneurial Spark start-up accelerator, hosting the Glasgow 'hatchery' in his City Refrigeration Headquarters.

Haughey has been named in several newspaper reports in connection with the resignation of Steven Purcell.[10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17] The 2010 edition of the Sunday Times Rich List estimated Sir Willie's fortune at £150 million.

Haughey was awarded an OBE in 2003[18] and was knighted in the 2012 Birthday Honours for services to business and philanthropy.[19][20] On 1 August 2013, it was announced he was going to be a Labour peer in the House of Lords. On 18 September 2013 he was created a life peer taking the title Baron Haughey, of Hutchesontown in the City of Glasgow.[21]

Personal life

Haughey married part-time cleaner Susan Lee in 1978. He has one son Kenny. He is a Celtic FC season ticket holder and was formerly a non-executive director. He was close friends with former Celtic player Jimmy Johnstone before his death.[2] He is also a huge Oasis fan and has confessed to liking 80s band A-ha after a City employee offered him free tickets to an A-ha concert during the band's 2010 farewell tour.

In his spare time he enjoys playing golf and tournament poker. He once revealed that he winds down every Friday night with a fish supper.[2]

Honours

Official Website

Willie Haughey

References

  1. ↑ PressTeam Scotland Ltd - Tycoon unveils house plans
  2. 1 2 3 "I may be a millionaire but there's nothing I like better than a fish supper on a Friday night". Evening Times. 3 October 2007. Retrieved 16 January 2017.
  3. ↑ The Scotsman
  4. ↑ City Refrigeration Holdings
  5. ↑ "Sir Willie Haughey's City Refrigeration sees profits up". BBC News. 20 June 2013.
  6. ↑ http://www.williehaughey.com/city-charitable-trust.aspx
  7. ↑ http://www.beattiegroup.com/prclients/pr-press-releases.aspx?news=31&id=10839
  8. ↑ http://www.unicef.org.uk/Latest/News/Willie-Haughey/
  9. ↑ http://www.williehaughey.com/city-charitable-trust.aspx
  10. ↑ "Resignation is a hammer-blow for Scottish Labour so close to a general election". Edinburgh: The Scotsman. 3 March 2010. Retrieved 28 March 2010.
  11. ↑ "Steven Purcell: Fall of a High Flier". Scotland on Sunday. 7 March 2010. Retrieved 28 March 2010.
  12. ↑ Ungoed-Thomas, Jon; MacAskill, Mark (14 March 2010). "Labour donor Willie Haughey in ‘cash for favours’ row". London: Sunday Times Scotland. Retrieved 28 March 2010.
  13. ↑ MacAskill, Mark; Ungoed-Thomas, Jon (14 March 2010). "Labour donor Willie Haughey linked to cocaine city councillor". London: Sunday Times Scotland. Retrieved 28 March 2010.
  14. ↑ "Company linked to Purcell in £700,000 land deal with Labour donor". The Herald. 21 March 2010. Retrieved 28 March 2010.
  15. ↑ "Firm caught up in Purcell furore pulls out of Labour party conference". The Herald. 23 March 2010. Retrieved 28 March 2010.
  16. ↑ "Heartland attack". The Economist. 25 March 2010. Retrieved 28 March 2010.
  17. ↑ MacAskill, Mark (28 March 2010). "Labour in little local difficulty". London: Sunday Times Scotland. Retrieved 28 March 2010.
  18. ↑ "No. 56963". The London Gazette (Supplement). 14 June 2003. p. 11.
  19. ↑ "No. 60173". The London Gazette (Supplement). 16 June 2012. p. 1.
  20. ↑ "No. 60593". The London Gazette. 9 August 2013. p. 15796.
  21. ↑ "No. 60635". The London Gazette. 23 September 2013. p. 18709.

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