About Simon Rigby
Lived 1961 – 2020 (aged 58–59). Simon Rigby was a businessperson.
William Simon Rigby (December 1961 – 26 August 2020) was an English businessman. At the time of his death he was an active member of over 70 companies.
Early life and career Rigby was born in 1961. The son of a farmer and one of six siblings, he grew up in Warton, Lancashire.
He graduated from the University of Hull with a degree in economics and began his career on the eastern side of the Pennines, working for Yorkshire Electricity. He bought out the company and formed Spice PLC. It was returned to the council in 2019 after alleged significant lease agreement breaches.
Rigby established The Rigby Organisation, which is headquartered at Whitehills Business Park in Blackpool.
Personal life Rigby was awarded an MBE in 2017, for services to business in the North West. with whom he had two children.
Death Rigby died in 2020, aged 58.
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Simon Rigby died on 26 August 2020.
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