John Whittaker (ɗan kasuwa)

John Whittaker (an haife shi a ranar 14 ga watan Maris na shekara ta 1942) ɗan Burtaniya ne. Shi ne shugaban Ƙungiyar Peel Group, kasuwancin dukiya wanda yafi saka hannun jari a Arewa maso Yammacin Ingila. Kodayake yana jin kunya ga tallace-tallace, an bayyana shi a matsayin daya daga cikin manyan shugabannin kasuwanci na Greater Manchester da Arewa maso Yamma ta Manchester Evening News (2007),  kuma an kira shi mafi rinjaye daga arewa ta mujallar The Big Issue a cikin 2010. 

An haifi Whittaker ga Jack da May Whittaker a Bury, Lancashire a cikin 1942. Ya yi karatu a Kwalejin Prior Park, makarantar kwana ta Katolika a Bath, Somerset, kuma ya yi la'akari da zama firist kafin ya yanke shawarar shiga kasuwancin iyali.

 Ayyuka 
A cikin shekarun 1980s ya yi yaƙi mai tsanani don karɓar Kamfanin Manchester Ship Canal, daga abin da Cibiyar Trafford ta fito.

Whittaker's Peel Group ya sayar da Cibiyar Trafford ta 1.5m sq ft ga Cibiyoyin Siyayya na Babban Birni (yanzu Intu Properties) a watan Janairun 2011. A karkashin sharuddan yarjejeniyar, wanda ya kimanta shirin Manchester a £ 1.6 biliyan, kamfaninsa, Peel, ya ɗauki hannun jari a CSC wanda ya kai £ 636m kuma ya shiga kwamitin a matsayin mataimakin shugaban. Whittaker ya yi murabus a matsayin mataimakin shugaban a watan Yulin 2020 bayan kamfanin ya shiga cikin gudanarwa.

A shekara ta 2010, dukiyarsa ta ninka sau biyu daga £ 1.01 biliyan zuwa £ 2.07,  galibi godiya ga sayar da £ 1.65 biliyan na Cibiyar Trafford.

A shekarar 2013, Peel Group ta fara wani aikin Ocean Gateway, da nufin mayar da filayen masana'antu masu nisan mil 50 tsakanin Tashar Jiragen Ruwa ta Liverpool da Salford Docks zuwa sake ginawa mai darajar fam biliyan 50 da ake kira "Ocean Gateway".  Whittaker ya yi fatan ci gaban Manchester zai zama cibiyar kasuwanci ta kasar Sin. Ya raka Firayim Minista a ziyararsa ta kasuwanci zuwa Beijing a shekarar 2010.

A watan Yunin 2019, The Sunday Times ta ruwaito cewa Peel yana kashe hannun jari a Peel Ports da filin jirgin saman Liverpool don rufe asarar a Intu Properties inda Peel Group ta mallaki 27.3%.

 Sunan kasuwanci 
A shekara ta 2010 lokacin da Simon Property Group ta yi ƙoƙari ta sayi Cibiyar Trafford, masu ciki sun ga Whittaker a matsayin "mai adawa mai ban tsoro" da kuma "mai basira sosai, mai basira sosai kuma ɗan kasuwa mai kyau sosai". Ɗaya daga cikin irin wannan misali na tunaninsa na kasuwanci shine ya shawo kan BBC don ƙin wasu shafuka uku a fadin Manchester don matsawa zuwa MediaCityUK a Salford Quays. Kasancewar BBC za ta yi aiki a matsayin magnet don jawo hankalin kamfanonin samar da kansu zuwa Salford kuma Peel Group za ta sami kuɗi daga yarjejeniyar haya da hayar kan ci gaba.
Rukuni:Rayayyun mutane
Rukuni:Haifaffun 1942

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