Roger Myers (businessman)
British Businessman (born 1947)
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Roger Myers (born 1947) is the co-founder of Punch Taverns, one of the United Kingdom's largest chains of public houses.
28 April 1947
Roger Myers | |
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| Born | Roger Myers 28 April 1947 East Ham, England |
| Education | Quintin Kynaston Grammar School |
| Occupation | Businessman |
| Title | Founder & Chairman, Punch Taverns |
| Term | 1997–present |
| Spouse | Lee Myers |
Early life
Born in East Ham and educated at Quintin Kynaston Grammar School, Roger Myers joined Goodman Myers Smith, a firm of accountants in 1964.[1]
Career
In 1966 he became a Partner in the firm which helped artists such as the Beatles minimise their tax.[1] In 1977, working with Tony Visconti, he formed the Good Earth Productions record label, producing records for artists including David Bowie and Marc Bolan.[1]
Then the following year he broke with Visconti and, working with Alan Lubin, established Peppermint Park, a cocktail bar in Covent Garden, as well as the Coconut Grove and Fatso's Pasta Joint restaurants.[1] They then sold the cocktail bar and the restaurants to Courage who employed them to set up the Dome Brasserie chain.[1] Myers then acquired the cocktail bar, the restaurants and the Dome and floated them as Theme Holdings: the business was subsequently sold to Leisure Investments plc.[1]
In 1989 he established Café Rouge[1] and adding other themed restaurants created the Pelican Group.[2] He sold the business to Whitbread in July 1996.[3] In 1997, together with business partner Hugh Osmond, he founded Punch Taverns.[1] In 1999 Punch purchased Inn Business Group plc, and later Allied Domecq's pubs for £3 billion, beating a rival bid from Whitbread.[4][5] After the deal, Punch spun off its managed pubs into a separate division, Punch Retail, which was later renamed Spirit Group.[6]
In 2002 Punch demerged the Spirit Group and then floated itself on the London Stock Exchange. Punch went on to become Britain's second largest pub landlord.[7]
In 2005, he moved to St Lucia “to drink rum and do nothing”.[8] Then he purchased The Jalousie Plantation Hotel and completed a multimillion dollar transition that saw the property re-branded and re-launched as Sugar Beach, A Viceroy Resort on 30 November 2012, under the continued management of the Viceroy Hotel Group. Viceroy has managed the property since 2008.[9]
In 2016, The Times and Sunday Times Travel Awards recognized Sugar Beach, A Viceroy Hotel as 'The Best Long-haul Hotel In The World'.[10]
In 2019, Myers sold Sugar Beach to Misland Capital.[11]