Hall made his first fortune in textiles. He then sold real estate through the Mountleigh Group. In 1983, Hall sold his company for £40 million and then invested £20 million in the Dean Clough former carpet factory site.
In 1983, he led a consortium which purchased a disused carpet mill complex, Dean Clough Mills, and converted it into an arts, business, design and education complex.[4][5] While in his 70s, he recorded the complete piano works of Frédéric Chopin.[2]
His autobiography, How to Be A Failure and Succeed, was published in 2008.[8]
Personal lifeedit
In 1951, Hall married firstly June Annable (died 1994), and had two sons and two daughters. He married secondly in 1975 Sarah Wellby, with whom he has a third son.[1]
In 2009, he revealed that he was in a romantic relationship with his long-time friend, the cookery writer Prue Leith.[9]
Bibliographyedit
—— (2008). How to Be A Failure and Succeed. Book Guild Publishing. ISBN978-1846241635.
ernest, hall, businessman, ernest, hall, born, march, 1930, english, businessman, known, restoration, dean, clough, mills, halifax, pianist, composer, ernest, hallborn, 1930, march, 1930, bolton, lancashire, englandnationalityenglishoccupation, entrepreneur, m. Sir Ernest Hall OBE born 19 March 1930 is an English businessman known for his restoration of Dean Clough Mills Halifax pianist and composer Sir Ernest HallBorn 1930 03 19 19 March 1930 age 94 1 Bolton Lancashire EnglandNationalityEnglishOccupation s Entrepreneur and musicianKnown forRestoration of Dean Clough MillsChildren5 Contents 1 Early life and education 2 Career 3 Show business 4 Residence 5 Autobiography 6 Personal life 7 Bibliography 8 ReferencesEarly life and education editHall was born in Bolton Lancashire 2 in 1930 3 He was educated at Bolton College Grammar School and the Royal College of Music 1 Career editHall made his first fortune in textiles He then sold real estate through the Mountleigh Group In 1983 Hall sold his company for 40 million and then invested 20 million in the Dean Clough former carpet factory site In 1983 he led a consortium which purchased a disused carpet mill complex Dean Clough Mills and converted it into an arts business design and education complex 4 5 While in his 70s he recorded the complete piano works of Frederic Chopin 2 He was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire OBE in the 1986 Birthday Honours and knighted in the 1993 Birthday Honours 1 Show business editHe appeared as a castaway on the BBC Radio 4 programme Desert Island Discs on 26 April 1998 6 and on the Radio 3 programme Private Passions on 18 September 2005 2 Residence editHall has homes in Lanzarote and in France 7 Autobiography editHis autobiography How to Be A Failure and Succeed was published in 2008 8 Personal life editIn 1951 Hall married firstly June Annable died 1994 and had two sons and two daughters He married secondly in 1975 Sarah Wellby with whom he has a third son 1 In 2009 he revealed that he was in a romantic relationship with his long time friend the cookery writer Prue Leith 9 Bibliography edit 2008 How to Be A Failure and Succeed Book Guild Publishing ISBN 978 1846241635 References edit a b c d Mosley Charles ed 2003 Burke s Peerage Baronetage amp Knighthood 107 ed Burke s Peerage amp Gentry p 1732 ISBN 0 9711966 2 1 a b c Private Passions Sir Ernest Hall BBC Online Retrieved 20 August 2014 Fox Imogen 27 July 2008 The close up Sir Ernest Hall entrepreneur and musician The Guardian Retrieved 29 October 2015 Age is no barrier to achievement says Sir Ernest Hall Halifax Courier 20 May 2008 Retrieved 20 August 2014 Dean Clough Dean Clough Retrieved 20 August 2014 Desert Island Discs Castaway Sir Ernest Hall BBC Online BBC Retrieved 18 August 2014 Fox Imogen 28 July 2008 The close up Sir Ernest Hall entrepreneur and musician The Guardian Retrieved 20 August 2014 Hall Ernest 2008 How to Be A Failure and Succeed Book Guild Publishing ISBN 978 1846241635 How I fell for Prue at the age of 78 Dean Clough s Sir Ernest Hall opens his heart Halifax Courier Retrieved 20 August 2014 nbsp This English business related biographical article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte This article on a British pianist is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Ernest Hall businessman amp oldid 1157166617, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
