Nicholas Wheeler

For the professor of international politics, see Nicholas J. Wheeler. For the musician with The All-American Rejects, see Nick Wheeler.

Nicholas Wheeler
OBE
Born
Nicholas Charles Tyrwhitt Wheeler

(1965-01-20) January 20, 1965 (age 59)
Ludlow, Shropshire, UK
EducationEton College
Alma materUniversity of Bristol
OccupationEntrepreneur
Known forFounder of Charles Tyrwhitt
Spouse
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(m. 1995)​
Children4

Nicholas Charles Tyrwhitt Wheeler OBE (born 20 January 1965) is an English businessman. In 1986, he established the Charles Tyrwhitt company and shirt brand, which he owns.[1]

Wheeler was born in Ludlow, Shropshire and was educated at the Dragon School in Oxford and Eton College. At Eton, he was a classmate of former Prime Minister, Boris Johnson. After Eton, Wheeler attended the University of Bristol, where he studied geography. His first job was as a management consultant for Bain & Company.[2][3]

In November 1986, with the assistance of financing from his family and said connections, he set up Charles Tyrwhitt, a shirt brand in the United Kingdom.[4] It grew to be the UK's largest mail order shirt business, and it also has several brick and mortar locations.[5]

In 2008, he was a regional judge for the Entrepreneur Challenge in the UK.[6]

  1. ^ Davidson, Andrew (13 December 2009). "Nick Wheeler, founder of Charles Tyrwhitt" [Published as 'The old Etonian barrow boy', page 6 (paper version)]. Business section. The Sunday Times. Archived from the original on 11 June 2011.
  2. ^ "About Nick Wheeler | Charles Tyrwhitt". www.charlestyrwhitt.com. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
  3. ^ "Charles Tyrwhitt founder, Nick Wheeler: 'I'm allergic to bureaucracy'". the Guardian. 27 July 2017. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
  4. ^ "Our history". www.ctshirts.co.uk. Charles Tyrwhitt. Archived from the original on 27 December 2015. Retrieved 23 November 2017.
  5. ^ Arnott, Sarah (15 October 2009). "Nick Wheeler: From failed photographer to Jermyn Street's king of the shirts". The Independent. London. Archived from the original on 19 June 2022.
  6. ^ Morrison, Doug (23 March 2008). "Nick Wheeler of Charles Tyrwhitt Shirts says that work should be fun". The Sunday Times. Archived from the original on 12 June 2011.