Background
Anthony Pidgley was born in 1947 in Surrey to a single mother, and then adopted from Barnardos.
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Tony Pidgley
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He spent his early life living in a disused railway carriage. Pidgley left home in 1962 and founded a haulage business which he expanded until it had 40 lorries and then sold it to Crest Nicholson in 1968. He then worked for Crest Nicholson for seven years.
In 1976, he established Berkeley Group Holdings which he expanded until it was one of the United Kingdom"s largest housebuilders.
Pidgley received an honorary doctorate from Heriot-Watt University in 2013. Pidgley donated GBP£2,000 to the Conservative Party.
He was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 2013 New Year Honours.
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