Roger Saul
{{Short description|British businessman (born 1950)}}
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| birth_place = Lottisham, Somerset, England
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| education = Wells Cathedral School
Kingswood School
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| occupation = Businessman
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| known for = founder of the Mulberry fashion label
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Roger John Saul (born July 1950) is a British businessman, the founder of the Mulberry fashion label.{{cite web|last=Sibun |first=Jonathan |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/retailandconsumer/8673709/Mulberry-founder-Roger-Saul-has-a-point-to-prove-after-being-ousted-from-luxury-fashion-chain.html |title=Mulberry founder Roger Saul has a point to prove after being ousted from luxury fashion chain |newspaper=The Telegraph |date=31 July 2011 |access-date=19 May 2017}}
Early life and education
Roger John Saul was born in July 1950,{{cite web|url=https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/officers/him1Oow1wxpDfYnDEKKAwwCmG_U/appointments |title=Roger John SAUL - Personal Appointments (free information from Companies House) |publisher=Beta.companieshouse.gov.uk |date= |access-date=19 May 2017}} in Lottisham, Somerset.{{cite web|url=https://www.kilvercourt.com/about-us/roger-saul-biography |title=Roger Saul Biography |publisher=Kilver Court |date= |access-date=19 May 2017}} His father worked for Clarks Shoes in Street, Somerset.{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2004/nov/07/foodanddrink.features12 |title=Roger Saul, founder of Mulberry, on selling his business and giving up wearables for edibles | Life and style |newspaper=The Observer |date=7 November 2004 |access-date=2017-05-19}} He was educated at Wells Cathedral School, followed by Kingswood School in Bath.
Career
He won a scholarship to study business at Westminster College in London and worked as a trainee buyer for John Michael, the 1960s Carnaby Street fashion innovator.
Saul founded Mulberry in 1971 with his mother Joan, but was ousted in 2002.
Saul owns the 300-acre Sharpham Park estate organic farm and the Kilver Court shopping centre, in Shepton Mallet, Somerset.
Sharpham Park produces 500 tonnes of organic spelt a year, and supplies Waitrose, Ocado and Whole Foods.{{cite web|author=Saphora Smith |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/men/the-filter/why-mulberrys-founder-quit-the-fashion-world-to-become-a-spelt-f/ |title=Why Mulberry's founder quit the fashion world to become a spelt farmer |publisher=Telegraph.co.uk |date=7 April 2016 |access-date=19 May 2017}}
Personal life
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