Nicholas Charles Tyrwhitt Wheeler (born 20 January 1965) is an English businessman. In 1986, he established the

Charles Tyrwhitt Charles Tyrwhitt Shirts Ltd. ( ), also known as CT Shirts, is a British multi-channel clothing retailer specialising in dress shirts, ties, suits, casualwear, shoes and accessories. Founded as a mail order company in 1986 by Nicholas Wheeler wh ...

company and shirt brand, which he owns.

Life and career

Wheeler was born

Ludlow Ludlow () is a market town in Shropshire, England. The town is significant in the history of the Welsh Marches and in relation to Wales. It is located south of Shrewsbury and north of Hereford, on the A49 road which bypasses the town. The ...

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and was educated at the

Dragon School ("Reach for the Sun") , established = 1877 , closed = , type = Preparatory day and boarding school and Pre-Prep school , religion = Church of England , president = , head_label = Head , head = Emma Goldsm ...

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and

Eton College Eton College () is a public school in Eton, Berkshire, England. It was founded in 1440 by Henry VI under the name ''Kynge's College of Our Ladye of Eton besyde Windesore'',Nevill, p. 3 ff. intended as a sister institution to King's College, ...

. At Eton, he was a classmate of former

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. After Eton, Wheeler attended the

University of Bristol , mottoeng = earningpromotes one's innate power (from Horace, ''Ode 4.4'') , established = 1595 – Merchant Venturers School1876 – University College, Bristol1909 – received royal charter , type ...

, where he studied

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. His first job was as a

management consultant Management consulting is the practice of providing consulting services to organizations to improve their performance or in any way to assist in achieving organizational objectives. Organizations may draw upon the services of management consultants ...

for

Bain & Company Bain & Company is an American management consulting company headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. The firm provides advice to public, private, and non-profit organizations. One of the Big Three management consultancies, Bain & Company was fou ...

. In November 1986, he set up

, a shirt brand in the United Kingdom. It grew to be the UK’s largest

mail order Mail order is the buying of goods or services by mail delivery. The buyer places an order for the desired products with the merchant through some remote methods such as: * Sending an order form in the mail * Placing a telephone call * Placing ...

shirt business, and it also has several brick and mortar locations. In 2008, he was a regional judge for the ''Entrepreneur Challenge'' in the UK.

Personal life

Wheeler is married to

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, founder of

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. They have four children: Tom, Ella, India and Bea. His sister, Susie Cummings, is founder and CEO of

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, the online head-hunting platform. In 2010, Wheeler supported the

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in the 2010 general election. He voted in favour of the UK's

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in 2016. As of 2020, Wheeler and his wife's collective wealth was estimated at £427 million by the '' Sunday Times Rich List''. They live in Tythrop Park in Buckinghamshire and also own a chalet in

Klosters Klosters is a Swiss village in the Prättigau, politically part of the municipality of Klosters-Serneus, which belongs to the political district Prättigau/Davos in the canton of Graubünden. In 2021, the municipality shortened its name to Kl ...

, Switzerland.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Wheeler, Nicholas 1965 births Living people Alumni of the University of Bristol English businesspeople in retailing English company founders Bain & Company employees Officers of the Order of the British Empire People educated at The Dragon School People educated at Eton College Businesspeople from Ludlow