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    Douglas John David Perkins (born April 1943) is a Welsh billionaire businessman. He is the co-founder of Specsavers, an international optical retail chain.

  2. Oct 9, 2017 · Doug Perkins co-founded Specsavers in 1984 with his wife, Mary, in Guernsey. Thirty-three years later, the number of stores is quickly reaching 2,000 - from Carmarthen to...

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  3. Doug Perkins is a GRAMMY nominated percussionist who has performed and commissioned works by many composers. He is also the founder of So Percussion, Meehan/Perkins Duo, and Ensemble Signal, and has produced large-scale outdoor musical events.

  4. Founder & CEO of Specsavers, entrepreneur, a leading figure in optometry and audiology, a…. · Experience: Specsavers Optical Group · Education: Cardiff University / Prifysgol Caerdydd ·...

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  5. Jan 3, 2023 · The couple, who started Specsavers in the 1980s, have placed the business in a family trust to prevent it from being sold to private equity firms. They want Specsavers to continue for generations and have shared their vision with their grandchildren.

  6. May 9, 2011 · Specsavers founder Doug Perkins and his wife Dame Mary rose from 73rd to 56th on the Sunday Times Rich List with an estimated fortune of £1.15bn. The couple, who live in Guernsey, founded the...

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  8. May 20, 2022 · From humble Ammanford beginnings to richest man in Wales. Sometime in the early 1960s a young man by the name of Douglas Perkins landed himself a job in Ammanford Bowling Alley with the aim of scratching together enough money to fund his university career in Cardiff.