Gordon Gibb is the

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of Flamingo Land Ltd and former chairman of Bradford City Football Club.

Personal

Gordon Gibb was born in November 1975 at

Strathaven Strathaven (; from gd, Strath Aibhne ) is a historic market town in South Lanarkshire, Scotland and is the largest settlement in Avondale. It is south of Hamilton. The Powmillon Burn runs through the town centre, and joins the Avon Water to the ...

in Scotland, moving to

Yorkshire Yorkshire ( ; abbreviated Yorks), formally known as the County of York, is a Historic counties of England, historic county in northern England and by far the largest in the United Kingdom. Because of its large area in comparison with other Eng ...

when his father, Robert Gibb, a former professional footballer, set up the family run theme park

Flamingo Land Flamingo Land is a theme park, zoo, and resort located in Kirby Misperton, North Yorkshire, England. Opened in 1959, it has been owned and operated by the Gibb family since 1978. History Flamingo Land Resort was established in 1959 when a cin ...

. Gordon continues to live in Yorkshire with his five children, but retains close links with his Scottish roots. His father Robert Gibb died in 1995 when Gordon was 18 years old, after a car accident on his way to an emergency board meeting at

Hamilton Academical Hamilton Academical Football Club, often known as Hamilton Accies, or The Accies, is a Scottish association football, football club from Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, Hamilton, South Lanarkshire who currently compete in the Scottish Championshi ...

Football Club where he was chairman. Gordon and his two sisters, Vicky and Melanie took over the responsibility of the family business. The death of his father cut short Gibb's return to Scotland for higher education as he returned home to run the business. He had been reading politics, philosophy and economics at

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, before which he was educated at Woodleigh School and then leading York public school St Peter's. Gibb's sporting career was also cut short when focus shifted to business rather than his football and rugby. He formerly represented Scotland Colts at

Rugby Union Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In its m ...

. The sporting interest has continued however; as a keen amateur boxer with Westway ABC and also time as chairman of Bradford City Football Club. Gibb is a Conservative Party donor, having given £187,500 to the party since 2014 according to Electoral Commission records.

Flamingo Land Ltd

Flamingo Land Ltd is the operating company of Flamingo Land Resort. It was begun by Gordon Gibb's father, Robert Gibb, who was a director of Scotia Leisure, owners of the Yorkshire attraction. He purchased it from the company to develop it under his sole direction.

Bradford City FC

Gibb joined Bradford City in August 2002, taking over as chairman from Geoffrey Richmond, with Julian Rhodes after the club had gone into administration. He resigned as chairman in January 2004, handing over to Rhodes, but his pension fund owns the club's

Valley Parade Valley Parade, known as the University of Bradford Stadium for sponsorship reasons, is an all-seater football stadium in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. Built in 1886, it was the home of Manningham Rugby Football Club until 1903, when they c ...

ground.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Gibb, Gordon Year of birth missing (living people) Living people People from the Borough of Scarborough Anglo-Scots Bradford City A.F.C. directors and chairmen People educated at St Peter's School, York Sportspeople from Yorkshire