Bernard Matthews

Entrepreneur

Birthday January 24, 1930

Birth Sign Aquarius

Birthplace England

DEATH DATE Nov 25, 2010 (80)

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About

British businessman who founded Bernard Matthews Farms Limited, a turkey product producer.

Before Fame

He worked as an auctioneer for livestock at Waters & Son. He flunked out of secondary school.

Trivia

His possessions were lavish. He owned a motor yacht, a Cessna 550 Citation II private jet, and Rolls-Royce motor car.

Family Life

He adopted three children with his wife Joyce Reid.

Associated With

He met Nikita Khrushchev in 1964 to discuss the modernization of the Soviet poultry industry.