Susan Carol Holland (born 27 May 1956) is an Italian-British

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businesswoman, and the chairman of

Amplifon Amplifon SpA is an Italian company, based in Milan, and the world's largest hearing aid retailer. History Amplifon was founded in 1950 in Milan by Algernon Charles Holland, a former official of the British special forces, involved in the Italia ...

, an Italian

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retailer founded by in Milan in 1950 by her father

Algernon Charles Holland Algernon Charles Holland (10 February 1919 – 2001) was a British businessman, and the founder of Amplifon. Early life Holland was born on 10 February 1919 in Horsham, Sussex. His father, Algernon Holland, a Captain in the Royal Air Force, di ...

Early life

Holland earned a bachelor's degree in psychology and sociology from

Keele University Keele University, officially known as the University of Keele, is a public research university in Keele, approximately from Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, England. Founded in 1949 as the University College of North Staffordshire, Keele ...

, followed by a diploma in Logopaedia from the Universita degli Studi di Milano.

Career

From 1982, she worked as a speech therapist in Milan. In 1988, she became a director of Amplifon SpA, and in 1993, non-executive vice-chair. She owns 44.9% of Amplifon through her family's holding company. In August 2018, ''

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'' estimated her net worth at US$2.3 billion.

References

Living people 1956 births Italian billionaires British billionaires Alumni of Keele University {{UK-business-bio-stub