John Greed (born 14 November 1966) is a contemporary jewelry designer and retailer. He was born in Wimbledon,

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and graduated from the School of Art and Design in London. He later founded John Greed Design Ltd, which has since become a major UK retailer of jewellery.

Education

Greed was educated at

Newland House School Newland House School is an independent co-educational preparatory school located in Twickenham, London, England. Introduction Newland House School has over 440 pupils from the ages of three to thirteen, based in the Nursery (age 3-4), Pre-Prep ...

, an

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in South West London, where he shared lessons with

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, before moving on to

Christ's Hospital School Christ's Hospital is a public school (English independent boarding school for pupils aged 11–18) with a royal charter located to the south of Horsham in West Sussex. The school was founded in 1552 and received its first royal charter in 155 ...

(also known as the "Bluecoat School"), a co-educational boarding school located south of the

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. It was at Christ's Hospital that Greed gained the educational foundations that enabled him to move onto the

Central School of Art and Design The Central School of Art and Design was a public school of fine and applied arts in London, England. It offered foundation and degree level courses. It was established in 1896 by the London County Council as the Central School of Arts and Cr ...

Life and career

Greed founded the company John Greed Design Ltd, the company has since grown into a major UK retailer of jewellery, making about 1000 transaction a day. As well as operating a mail system the company maintained a small jewellery shop at Steep Hill in

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, UK. until January 2012. They are rated as one of the top 2010 jewellery retailers in the UK by Plimsoll. In July 2010 John Greed Design Ltd. became John Greed Jewellery Ltd. and opened a new flagship jewellery store at 314-315 High Street in

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, in central England.

References

External links

John Greed Jewellery Website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Greed, John British jewellery designers Jewellery retailers of the United Kingdom Living people 1966 births People educated at Christ's Hospital People educated at Newland House School People from Wimbledon, London Alumni of the Central School of Art and Design