Anthony Bamford

The Right Honourable
The Lord Bamford
DL HonFREng
Chairman of J.C. Bamford Excavators
Incumbent
Assumed office
1975
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
In office
3 October 2013 – 1 March 2024
Life peerage
Personal details
Born
Anthony Paul Bamford

(1945-10-23) 23 October 1945 (age 79)[1]
Staffordshire, England[2]
Political partyConservative
SpouseCarole Whitt
Children3, including Jo
Parent
EducationAmpleforth College
Alma materUniversity of Grenoble
OccupationBusinessman

Anthony Paul Bamford, Baron Bamford (born 23 October 1945), is a British billionaire businessman who is the chairman of J.C. Bamford Excavators Limited (JCB). He succeeded his father, Joseph Cyril Bamford, as chairman and managing director of the company in 1975, at the age of 30. He was knighted in 1990.[3] Bamford has appeared in the Sunday Times Rich List,[4] and in 2021 his net worth was estimated at US$9.48 billion.[5] Bamford is a car collector whose collection includes two examples of the rare Ferrari 250 GTO, valued upwards of $70 million each.

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  2. ^ Strachan, Ian (26 January 2017). "Rich List 2017: No.2 - Lord Bamford and family". birminghampost.
  3. ^ "No. 52543". The London Gazette. 28 May 1991. p. 8207.
  4. ^ Times, The Sunday. "Rich List 2020: profiles 21-50, featuring Salma Hayek and Sir Richard Branson". The Times. ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
  5. ^ "Bloomberg Billionaires Index: Anthony Bamford". Bloomberg. Retrieved 28 May 2021.