Peter Kindersley (born 1941) is the co-founder of the

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Dorling Kindersley Dorling Kindersley Limited (branded as DK) is a British multinational publishing company specialising in illustrated reference books for adults and children in 63 languages. It is part of Penguin Random House, a subsidiary of German media co ...

and ran it with

Christopher Dorling Christopher Dorling is the co-founder of Dorling Kindersley, a publishing company, along with Peter Kindersley. He was educated at Leighton Park School Leighton Park School is a co-educational Independent school (United Kingdom), independent sch ...

from 1974, until he sold his family stake for £105m in 2000. The firm's illustrated non-fiction reference books for adults and children are marketed globally and translated into other languages. __NOTOC__

Early life and career

Kindersley was the son of

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a stonecutter and typeface designer, and his first wife Christine. He attended King Edward VI School, Norwich and the

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where he met his wife Juliet. He then worked for an

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and from 1969 to 1974 as

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for the publishers

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, where he designed the illustrated manual ''

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''. He then co-founded Dorling Kindersley with

Organic-based businesses

Kindersley runs a 2,250 acre (911 ha) organic farm ( Sheepdrove Organic Farm) in

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which includes a Conference Centre. The farm produces organic

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pigs, chickens, beef and lamb and he owns butchers shops in London and Bristol. In 2005, the Kindersley family, with Peter at the head, bought the UK-based organic health and beauty company,

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References

External links

Sheepdrove Organic Farm website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kindersley, Peter 1941 births Living people British businesspeople People educated at Norwich School

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