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Anders Holch Povlsen

Released Saturday, 30th January 2021
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Anders Holch Povlsen

Anders Holch Povlsen

Anders Holch Povlsen

Anders Holch Povlsen

Saturday, 30th January 2021
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Danish billionaire Anders Holch Povlsen is the biggest private landowner in Scotland and the biggest private shareholder in ASOS, the online fashion company that is in talks to buy Topshop.

Having cut his teeth in the family fashion business, Bestseller, and following a series of canny investments, Anders Povlsen has more recently become known for his ambitious plans to ‘rewild’ large areas of Scotland To that end he has bought up hundreds of thousands of acres, now owning more land there than the Queen. He is determined to transform the landscape, turning it back into forest, through sometimes controversial means.

After kidnap attempts and family tragedy he has gained a reputation as a man of extreme privacy. So just who is Anders Holch Povlsen? Mark Coles tries find out the secrets of the eco-conscious online fashion supremo and CEO.

Producer: May CameronResearchers: Maia Lowerson & Beth Sagar-FentonEditor: Rosamund JonesMix: Nigel AppletonProduction Co-ordinator: Janet Staples

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