Chrissie Rucker

Chrissie Rucker OBE (born November 1968) is a British businesswoman, best known for founding British retailer The White Company in 1994. Because of her self-made success story and the similar products, she has been compared to Martha Stewart.[2][3] Rucker is also a founding patron of the not-for-profit social enterprise, Modern Muse.[4]

Chrissie Rucker
Born
Belinda Christian Rucker[1]

1968 (age 51–52)
Kent, England
NationalityBritish
Alma materCombe Bank School, Sevenoaks
OccupationEntrepreneur
Net worth GB£452 million (Sunday Times Rich List, 2019)

Rucker's husband Nicholas Wheeler founded Charles Tyrwhitt, a menswear chain.[5] Rucker was made an MBE in 2010 and in 2012 was chosen as Private Businesswoman of the Year by the Financial Times.[6] She and her husband received OBE awards for their business success in December 2017.[7]

Personal life

Rucker is married with four children to Nicholas Wheeler. Their collective net worth was estimated at £452 million according to the Sunday Times Rich List in 2019.[8] Together they live in Buckinghamshire and also own a chalet in Klosters, Switzerland named Haus Alpina.[9][10]

gollark: I am not sure if this pack has automateable ender chest equivalents.
gollark: Regarding the spatial IO thing: I think I have code for using it as a somewhat expensive teleporter somewhere, it isn't hard iff you have a way to transport the items.
gollark: I'm saying that it isn't actually useful because you can just... not tap on/off and it works fine.
gollark: Or possibly space elevators.
gollark: Automatic routing might be nice, but the fastest thing we have is either viaducts which have it built in anyway, or ICBM, which is not very automateable.

References
  1. Belinda Christian Rucker
  2. Paton, Elizabeth (2017-06-12). "A British Home Empire Aims to Colonize America". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2018-02-15.
  3. Dangoor, Louisa (2017-06-15). "5 Things to Know About the British Version of Martha Stewart". Observer. Retrieved 2018-02-15.
  4. Oldfield, Claire (2010-11-21). "Inspiring women: In search of a modern muse". The Independent. Retrieved 2016-08-25.
  5. Watts, Robert (2017-05-07). "Rich List 2017: a record year for women". The Times. ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 2018-02-15.
  6. "Woman's Hour Power List, Woman's Hour - Chrissie Rucker MBE - BBC Radio 4". BBC. Retrieved 2018-02-15.
  7. "New Year's Honours list 2018: Husband and wife team with dazzling success record". 29 December 2017.
  8. Times, The Sunday (2019-05-12). "Rich List 2019: profiles 301-348=, featuring Tim Martin and Simon Cowell". ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 2019-08-05.
  9. Grainger, Lisa (4 February 2016). "Klosters, Switzerland: inside the White Company's ski chalet" – via www.telegraph.co.uk.
  10. "Discreet luxury in Klosters". Financial Times.
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