About Peter John Hunt
Lived 1933 – 1997 (aged 64). Peter John Hunt was a British businessperson, chairman and chief executive officer.
Sir Peter John Hunt (1 July 1933 – 8 December 1997) was a British business magnate who became chairman and managing director of Land Securities, the largest commercial property company in the United Kingdom and the leading British property development and investment company headquartered in central London.
Biography
The son of Professor Herbert Hunt,
Hunt became a member of the Covent Garden Market Authority in 1975, and was a moving force in the regeneration of Covent Garden in the 1970s and 1980s. During the 1990s, in the face of a prolonged property price slump, he launched a £400 million property development programme, adding ten per cent to the portfolio of retail and office property owned by Land Securities.
Sir Peter Hunt died on 8 December 1997.
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Who was Peter John Hunt?
British chief executive
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Peter John Hunt was born on 1 July 1933 in Reading.
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Peter John Hunt died on 8 December 1997.
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Peter John Hunt was a businessperson, chairman and chief executive officer.
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Peter John Hunt was British.
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