Background
John is the son of Peter Coates, current Chairman of F.C. and director of He attended Bristol University where he studied Law.
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John Coates
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Coates studied law at Bristol University and started his career as an attorney.
Career
He has been listed in the Forbes magazine’s 29th annual rich list, with an estimated personal fortune of $1.3 billion (roughly £850 million). He owns a quarter of the company
John helped Denise set-up the Foundation in August 2012 and it has donated £100 million to 20 United Kingdom charities to help support projects home and abroad. Charities which have received funds include Oxfam, CAFOD (the Catholic Agency Foreign Overseas Development), the Douglas Macmillan Hospice for cancer sufferers in Stoke, and relief programmes for victims caught in the aftermath of Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines.
University scholarships and theatre donations have also been offered.
In July 2015 Coates was appointed as Vice-Chairman at where his father is chairman.
