Anthony Langley
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Short description|British businessman}}
{{BLP sources|date=November 2021}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Tony Langley
| image = AJ LANGLEY.jpg
| birth_name = Anthony John Langley
| birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1954|12}}
| nationality = British
| occupation = Industrialist
| website = http://www.langleyholdings.com
| children = 3
}}
Anthony John Langley (born December 1954) is a British billionaire industrialist, the owner of the international engineering and industrial group, Langley Holdings plc,{{Cite web|title=LANGLEY HOLDINGS PLC overview - Find and update company information - GOV.UK|url=https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/01321615|access-date=12 October 2021|website=find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk|language=en}} which he founded in 1975.
Career
Langley is the owner of [https://www.langleyholdings.com/ Langley Holdings], an engineering group based in Retford, Nottinghamshire, England. The group currently has over [https://www.langleyholdings.com/ 90 trading subsidiaries and employs around 5,000+ people world wide, the majority at its factories in Norway, Germany, France and Italy.]
Langley started the business in 1975, out of the ruins of his dissolved family business, aged just 21. In 2000, Langley bought Clarke Chapman, and sales reached $75 million. This gave means to the growth of Langley's company, and the portfolio grew to an estimated $1 billion revenue by 2015, largely by acquiring and turning around under-performing engineering businesses.
In August 2021 Langley Holdings announced that it had entered into an Agreement with Rolls-Royce PLC to acquire Bergen Engines AS{{Cite web|title=Langley Signs Agreement To Buy Bergen Engines Business From Rolls-Royce {{!}} Langley Holdings plc|url=https://www.langleyholdings.com/en-GB/news/5143/langley-signs-agreement-to-buy-bergen-engines-business-from-rolls-royce|access-date=12 October 2021|website=www.langleyholdings.com}} in Norway. The company employs 960 people world wide, of which approximately 650 are in Norway. The Bergen Engines deal was completed{{Cite web |title=Rolls-Royce completes sale of Bergen Engines |url=https://www.rolls-royce.com/media/press-releases/2022/04-01-2022-rr-completes-sale-of-bergen-engines.aspx |access-date=4 March 2022 |website=www.rolls-royce.com |language=en}} on 31 December, and is expected to boost Langley group revenues by over $300 million in 2022 to around $1.5 billion annually.
Net Worth
In 2020, Langley received a dividend payout of €90 million, his first since 2016, as the sole shareholder of Langley Holdings.{{Cite web|title=Langley Holdings PLC Annual Report & Accounts 2019|url=https://www.langleyholdings.com/en-GB/documents/6546/langley-holdings-full-ifrs-annual-report-accounts-2019.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211118081327/https://www.langleyholdings.com/en-GB/documents/6546/langley-holdings-full-ifrs-annual-report-accounts-2019.pdf |archive-date=18 November 2021 }} As of March 2024, Forbes{{Cite web |title=Forbes-Anthony Langley |url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/anthony-langley/?sh=2f719ac636f7 |website=Forbes}} estimated his net worth was US$2.5 billion.{{Cite web|title=Anthony Langley|url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/anthony-langley/|access-date=13 October 2021|website=Forbes}} He entered the Forbes Billionaires list in March 2016 with an estimated fortune of $1.1 billion. In the same month the magazine published an interview with Langley. “[https://www.forbes.com/sites/bartiescott1/2016/03/07/the-long-road-to-a-billion-tony-langleys-40-year-journey-to-the-billionaires-list/?sh=63a4b73e5302 The Long Road to a Billion: Tony Langley's 40-Year Journey To The Billionaires' List]”
In May 2025, the Sunday Times Rich List estimated his net worth to be £1.9 billion.{{Cite web |last=Watts |first=Robert |date=2025-05-18 |title=The Sunday Times Rich List 2025 revealed |url=https://www.thetimes.com/sunday-times-rich-list/feature/article/richest-people-uk-2025-revealed-vnkmnlxgz |access-date=2025-05-18 |website=www.thetimes.com |language=en}}
Personal life
Langley lives in Nottinghamshire and Norfolk, England, with his wife. The couple have one daughter and two sons; all three work within Langley's organization in senior management positions. Langley owns several other homes in the UK and abroad, including a ski chalet in Courchevel, France.
Langley is the owner of two superyachts: the 39 meter motor yacht Corinthian {{Cite web|title=CORINTHIAN|url=https://www.boatinternational.com/yachts/the-superyacht-directory/corinthian--45745|access-date=12 October 2021|website=www.boatinternational.com|language=en}} and the 48.5 meter sailing yacht Thalia.{{Cite web|title=THALIA|url=https://www.boatinternational.com/yachts/the-superyacht-directory/thalia--48643|access-date=12 October 2021|website=www.boatinternational.com|language=en}}
An accomplished yachtsman, Langley is the principal of the Langley group owned Gladiator Sailing Team,{{Cite web|title=Gladiator › 52 SUPER SERIES - Pure Performance|url=https://www.52superseries.com/teams/gladiator/|access-date=12 October 2021|website=www.52superseries.com|date=20 December 2013 |language=en-US}} which competes in international yacht racing, including the [https://www.52superseries.com/ TP52 Super Series]. He is a longtime member of the Royal Thames Yacht Club and the Yacht Club Costa Smeralda.
A qualified pilot since 1988, Langley flies both rotary and fixed wing aircraft. The Langley group owns and operates several aircraft, including a Gulfstream G550, which it acquired in 2014.
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