Richard Tompkins

Richard Tompkins
Born
Granville Richard Francis Tompkins

(1918-05-15)15 May 1918
Islington, London, England
Died6 December 1992(1992-12-06) (aged 74)
Westminster, London, England
NationalityBritish
OccupationEntrepreneur
Years active1945–1992
Known forFounder of Green Shield Stamps and Argos

Granville Richard Francis Tompkins CBE (15 May 1918 – 6 December 1992) was a British print, advertising and retail entrepreneur, best known for founding the Green Shield Stamps company, as well as the Argos chain of catalogue stores which became one of the largest retailers in the United Kingdom, and a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index.