John Bloor

John Stuart Bloor OBE (born 16 June 1943) is a British billionaire

businessman. His business, Bloor Holdings, owns both Bloor Home
and Triumph Motorcycles

Early life

Bloor was born in a small Derbyshire village. His father was a coal
miner. He suffered from health problems, and long absences from
school limited his formal education, leaving school at the age of 15.

Career

Bloor's first job was as a trainee plasterer for a local building

contractor. Two years later he set up his own business and began
building his first house before he was 20. His building company,
Bloor Homes, is now one of the largest privately owned house
builders in the UK, and has contributed to the successful
regeneration of the East Midlands. In 2002, housing sales reached
1,870 making Bloor Homes then the largest housebuilder to be
owned by one man.
While attending the auction of the site of the former Triumph factory
to buy the site for house construction, Bloor bought the collapsed
Triumph brand in 1983. After sub-licensing the brand for a period, he
invested over £80 million into rebuilding the marque, opening the
new Hinckley factory in 1991. After a factory fire in 2002 stopped
production the factory was rebuilt, and now produces 46,000
motorcycles per annum
In 2016, Bloor received the Diamond Jubilee Trophy on behalf of all
the staff at Triumph Motorcycles. The Trophy has only been given
out four times previously.
In 2018, Bloor was paid a £7 million dividend by Bloor Holdings, the
company that owns Bloor Homes and Triumph. In 2021, the Sunday
Times Rich List estimated his net worth at £1.275 billion.

Personal life

Bloor lives in Swadlincote, South Derbyshire, England. Due to hip

problems he rarely rides motorcycles, preferring a Range Rover. He
has two sons, Adrian and Nick. Adrian was chief executive of Bloor
Home until early 2020.