Ray Kelvin

Ray Kelvin
CBE
Born
Raymond Stuart Kelvin

(1955-12-11) 11 December 1955 (age 68)
London, England
EducationJFS
OccupationBusinessman
Known forFounder and former chief executive of Ted Baker
Spouses
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(m. 1993; div. 2000)​
Clare Kelvin
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(m. 2012)​
Children3

Raymond Stuart Kelvin CBE (born on 11 December 1955[1] in north London)[2] is the founder and former chief executive of the retail clothing company Ted Baker.[3][4] He started working in his uncle's menswear shop in Enfield at the age of eleven[5] and founded the Ted Baker brand in 1988 when he opened a shop specialising in men's shirts in Glasgow.[6][7]

  1. ^ "Ted Baker Trustees Limited – Company Profile – Endole". www.opencompany.co.uk. Retrieved 3 December 2018.
  2. ^ "Ray Kelvin Cbe". The Collection. 10 June 2015. Retrieved 2 December 2018.
  3. ^ Ruddick, Graham (14 October 2013). "Ted Baker chief Ray Kelvin is as unique as his brand". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 2 December 2018.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference BBC was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ Hawkes, Steve; Ahmed, Murad (11 June 2008). "Business big shot: Ray Kelvin of Ted Baker". The Times. Retrieved 26 April 2021.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference dysch was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  7. ^ Slade, Darren (21 June 2017). "Ted Baker founder Ray Kelvin tells why he invested £80m in Bournemouth". Daily Echo. Bournemouth. Retrieved 30 September 2018.