Irvine Laidlaw, Baron Laidlaw

**Irvine Alan Stewart Laidlaw, Baron Laidlaw** (an haife shi a ranar 22 ga Disamba 1942) ɗan kasuwa ne ɗan ƙasar Scotland, kuma tsohon memba na House of Lords . A cikin jerin sunayen mutanen da suka fi kowa kuɗi a Birtaniya na *[[Sunday Times Rich List 2012|Sunday Times Rich List na 2012,]]* an sanya shi a matsayi na 105 tare da kimanin dukiyar da ta kai fam miliyan 745.  A cikin bugu na 2020, an sanya shi a matsayi na 180 a cikin mafi arziki a Burtaniya, tare da kimanin darajar fam miliyan 787, raguwar fam miliyan 4 idan aka kwatanta da shekarar da ta gabata. 

## Tarihin Rayuwa
Ɗan Margaret da Roy Laidlaw,  mai kamfanin niƙa na Banffshire, Laidlaw ya yi karatu a Makarantar Kasuwar Merchiston, Jami'ar Leeds da Makarantar Kasuwanci ta Columbia da ke birnin New York.

Bayan kammala karatunsa, Laidlaw ya mayar da wani ƙaramin kamfanin buga littattafai na Amurka da aka saya a shekarar 1973 zuwa Cibiyar Bincike ta Duniya (IIR), babbar mai shirya taron a duniya. Bayan ya soke shirin yin amfani da fam miliyan 500 a shekarar 2001 lokacin da kasuwa ta faɗi, ya sayar da IIR a shekarar 2005 kan kuɗi da ake kyautata zaton ya kai fam miliyan 768.

A shekarar 1988, Laidlaw ya kafa Abbey Business Centres, wani reshe na IIR wanda ke samar da ofisoshi masu kyau, kayan aiki na ɗakin taro da kuma fakitin ofisoshi na kama-da-wane a cibiyoyin kasuwanci 13 a Burtaniya.  Cibiyar kasuwanci ta farko ta buɗe a Glasgow, kuma ba da daɗewa ba kamfanin ya buɗe wani cibiya a Slough, Berkshire. An ƙara wasu cibiyoyi, kuma a shekarar 2009 jimillar cibiyoyi 13 ne suka kafa ƙungiyar.

A shekarar 2015, Jami'ar Leeds ta ƙaddamar da wani shiri na buɗe ɗakin karatu na Laidlaw mai darajar fam miliyan 26, wanda aka sanya wa suna bayan Irvine Laidlaw, wacce ta taɓa yin karatun tattalin arziki a jami'ar a shekarun 1960. Gudummawar da ya bayar ta fam miliyan 9 ita ce mafi girma da jami'ar ta samu daga kowace mai ba da gudummawa.  Wani ɓangare na Laidlaw yana da aikin gona na iska na dala biliyan 2.1, kuma a farkon wannan shekarar ya sami mafi girman kuɗaɗen samar da makamashi mai tsafta a shekarar 2015 daga masu ba da lamuni takwas, waɗanda suka haɗa da Deutsche Bank AG. 

Laidlaw ya taɓa mallakar kuma ya yi tsere da Jaguar, wanda ya lashe gasar Le Mans sau da yawa a cikin shekarun 1950, tare da wasu motocin gargajiya da dama, ciki har da Ferrari GTO na 1962. A shekarar 2013, Irvine Laidlaw ya daina tsere.  A shekarar 2013, ya sayar da tarin motocin wasanni na gargajiya don tara fam miliyan 17. 

## Taimakon jama'a
A shekara ta 2004, Laidlaw ya ce zai ba da mafi yawan dukiyarsa a cikin shekaru 20-30 masu zuwa don taimaka wa matasa marasa galihu. Babban abin da ya sa a gaba shi ne Laidlaw Youth Project, wanda ke tallafawa ayyukan agaji iri-iri ga matasa marasa galihu a Scotland daga 2004 zuwa 2007 lokacin da ta zama Laidlaw Youth Trust (ba ta aiki yanzu). A halin yanzu, shi ne Shugaban *Gidauniyar Irvine Laidlaw*, wacce aka fi sani da Laidlaw Foundation, wadda ya kafa don taimakawa ci gaban ilimi, musamman ilimin matasa marasa galihu, musamman ta hanyar tallafi da sauran nau'ikan tallafin kuɗi ga cibiyoyin da ke aiki a samar da ayyukan ilimi a kowane ɓangare na duniya.  Ayyukan Gidauniyar sun ƙunshi manyan shirye-shirye guda uku:

## Gudummawar siyasa
Daya daga cikin manyan masu tallafawa harkokin kuɗi na Jam'iyyar Conservative ta Burtaniya, Laidlaw ya zama abokin tarayya na rayuwa kamar **Baron Laidlaw**, na Rothiemay a Banffshire a ranar 14 ga Yuni 2004.  A cewar bayanan Hukumar Zaɓe ta Burtaniya, a ranar 27 ga Nuwamba 2007, Laidlaw ya ba da gudummawar £2,990,532.20 ga 'yan Conservative.  Laidlaw ya ba da gudummawar £25,000 ga yakin neman zaɓen magajin garin London na 2008 na Boris Johnson .

## Manazarta