website years_active children birth_place name birth_date known_for spouse article_title birth_name occupation
-lsb- http://www.stobartgroup.co.uk/ stobart group -rsb- 1940 -- 1989 -lrb- retired -rrb- anne 1953 -rrb- , edward -lrb- born 1954-2011 -rrb- , and -lrb- william -lrb- born 1961 -rrb- born 1952 -rrb- , john -lrb- born cumbria -lrb- formerly cumberland -rrb- eddie stobart 1929 y founder the stobart group -rrb- of `` eddie stobart ltd '' -lrb- now nora stobart eddie stobart
 eddie stobart retired -lrb- since 1989 -rrb-
eddie stobart

eddie p. stobart -lrb- born 1929 to parents john and adelaide -rrb- is a british businessman who started an agriculture business in the late 1940s .
this became `` eddie stobart ltd '' in 1970 , expanded to a haulage company during the 1970s with the help of his late son edward stobart who gradually took over the running of the company during the 1970s and 1980s , and then became a multi-modal logistics public company the stobart group in 2007 under the control of another son william stobart .
he married nora boyd on 26 december 1951 and they live in cumbria .
they had four children : anne -lrb- 1952 -- -rrb- , john -lrb- 1953 -- -rrb- , edward -lrb- 1954 -- 2011 -rrb- and william -lrb- 1961 -- -rrb- .
eddie bought his first lorry -lrb- a guy invincible four-wheeler truck -rrb- second-hand from the local garage in 1960 , and had it re-painted in his choice of colours : post-office red and brunswick green .
he took over the collection of basic slag -lrb- a waste product of steelworks used as fertiliser -rrb- when local company `` harrison ivinson '' went out of business , and purchased two ford thames trader trucks which were also painted in his favourite colours with his logo on the doors .
a contract with ici for storage of basic slag in 1963 enabled expansion of the business , and it became a limited company : `` eddie stobart ltd '' in november 1970 with a share value of ten thousand pounds .
eddie continued to run the company until 1976 , when son edward took over running the transport side , but father eddie continued to be involved , and retained his own separate warehouse until 1989 , when he handed over full control to his sons edward and william , retaining the title of non-executive chairman of `` eddie stobart ltd '' until december 1992 .
eddie 's son william retains the family involvement in the business in his position as chief executive officer of the eddie stobart logistics .
