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Gordon Roddick

@gordonroddick

British social entrepreneur

Building The Body Shop as Founder · United Kingdom

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Born
1942
Educated at
Merchiston Castle School · Royal Agricultural University

About

Gordon Roddick is a social entrepreneur, born in 1942 in Annan. They studied at Merchiston Castle School.

In context

The Body Shop was founded in 1976 and has no closure on record. Among the 54 other retail companies founded in the 1970s we hold, those that closed lasted a median of 42 years.

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