John Griffin (mai kasuwanci)

Sir John Patrick Griffin (an haife shi a ranar 1 ga watan Agustan shekara ta 1942) ɗan kasuwa ne na Burtaniya. Shi ne wanda ya kafa kamfanin taksi da aika saƙo Addison Lee .

 Rayuwa ta farko 
An haifi John Patrick Griffin  a ranar 1 ga watan Agusta 1942  a Burtaniya ga mahaifin injiniyan injiniya. Ya girma ne a Kilburn daga shekara 9 yana halartar makarantar sakandaren Katolika ta Finchley . Koyaya, ya bar makaranta ba tare da cancanta ba bayan ya kamu da tarin fuka daga shan madarar saniya da ya shayar a ziyarar makaranta zuwa gona.

 Ayyuka 
While Griffin was training as an accountant, his father's road and sewer building business got into financial difficulty. Griffin left accountancy training to help salvage the business, with some success. During this period, and wanting a flexible job to create extra income, Griffin started working as a minicab driver which turned into a full-time job.[<span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (January 2020)">citation needed</span>]

Griffin daga ƙarshe ya yanke shawarar ci gaba daga tuki minicabs, ya yanke shawarar cewa zai iya yin aiki mafi kyau na gudanar da kasuwancin minicab. Tare da wani direba, ya fara fara kamfani wanda a yau ake kira West One Cars. Koyaya, Griffin ya gamsu da ya ci gaba da kasancewa tare da ma'aikacinsa na asali bayan an ninka albashinsa sau huɗu kuma daga baya ya yanke shawarar kafa kamfaninsa.

Griffin ya gamsu cewa sabon kamfaninsa yana buƙatar sunan da ya fara da "A" don ya bayyana da wuri a cikin jerin adiresoshin tarho. Wani abokin aiki wanda ke zaune a cikin wani yanki a Addison Gardens ya ce mutane suna tunanin wannan adireshin ne mai kyau, wanda Griffin ya kara da Lee. An kafa Addison Lee a 1975, tare da rabin kamfanin mallakar mai saka hannun jari Lenny Foster.

A shekara ta 1976, Griffin ya kafa Kungiyar Motar Hire Masu Ruwa don mayar da martani ga Dokar Karamar Hukumar (Miscellaneous Provisions) ta 1976. A matsayinsa na shugaban kungiyar, Griffin ya kasance mai murya a cikin muhawara wanda ya haifar da lasisi ga masu hayar masu zaman kansu a Burtaniya.

Ya bayyana a shirin talabijin, The Secret Millionaire a watan Disamba na shekara ta 2009.

Ya sauka a matsayin shugaban Addison Lee a shekarar 2014, jim kadan bayan kamfanin Carlyle Group ya sayi mafi yawan hannun jari a kamfanin a cikin yarjejeniyar da ta kai fam miliyan 300.

 Haɗin siyasa 
Yana daya daga cikin manyan masu ba da gudummawa 20 ga Jam'iyyar Conservative . 

 Rayuwa ta mutum 
Yana zaune a Potters Bar, Hertfordshire, arewacin London, tare da abokin aikinsa, Rita .  Yana da 'ya'ya maza biyu, Liam da Kieran, dukansu suna aiki ga Addison Lee .  A watan Yunin 2023 ya fito a kan Channel 4's British's Most Expensive Houses yana ƙoƙarin sayar da gidansa da ke kallon Regent's Park na fam miliyan 29.

A cikin Girmamawar Sabuwar Shekara ta 2024 an nada Griffin a matsayin Knight Bachelor don hidimomi ga kasuwanci da sadaka. 

 Manazarta 

Rukuni:Haifaffun 1942
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