{{Short description|British businessman}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox person | name = Glenn Gordon | image = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth year and age|1957}} | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | education = | occupation = Businessman | known for = | title = Chairman, William Grant & Sons | term = 2012- | predecessor = | successor = | boards = | spouse = | children = | parents = | relatives = William Grant (great-great grandfather) | website = }} '''Glenn Gordon''' (born 1957) is a British billionaire businessman, the chairman of William Grant & Sons and a descendant of the company's founder, William Grant.
== Biography == His family’s wealth grew by over £200 million after profits at the William Grant & Sons distillery increased to £260.2 million in 2016/17.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.scotsman.com/news/politics/glenfiddich-family-tops-scottish-rich-list-1-4738570|title=Glenfiddich family tops Scottish rich list|access-date=2018-07-31|language=en|archive-date=31 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180731183158/https://www.scotsman.com/news/politics/glenfiddich-family-tops-scottish-rich-list-1-4738570|url-status=live}}</ref>
According to the 2020 ''Sunday Times Rich List'', Gordon was estimated to be worth £3.186 billion, an increase of £304 million from 2019.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Times|first=The Sunday|title=Rich List 2020: profiles 21-50, featuring Salma Hayek and Sir Richard Branson|newspaper=The Times |language=en|url=https://www.thetimes.com/article/rich-list-2020-profiles-21-50-featuring-featuring-salma-hayek-and-richard-branson-6lwszfp6j|access-date=2020-06-12|issn=0140-0460|archive-date=12 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200612153906/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/rich-list-2020-profiles-21-50-featuring-featuring-salma-hayek-and-richard-branson-6lwszfp6j|url-status=live}}</ref>
He resides in Jersey.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Gordon family claim top spot on Scotland's Rich List for sixth year|url=https://www.scotsman.com/news/scottish-news/gordon-family-claim-top-spot-scotlands-rich-list-sixth-year-1417910|access-date=2020-07-01|website=www.scotsman.com|date=10 May 2019 |language=en|archive-date=1 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200701141004/https://www.scotsman.com/news/scottish-news/gordon-family-claim-top-spot-scotlands-rich-list-sixth-year-1417910|url-status=live}}</ref>
In February 2026, Glenn was listed on the Sunday Times Tax list with an estimated £93.8 million.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Watts |first=Robert |date=2026-01-31 |title=Who are the UK’s biggest taxpayers? The 2026 Tax List revealed |url=https://www.thetimes.com/money/tax/article/uk-100-biggest-taxpayers-2026-tax-list-nqsjk2bvn |access-date=2026-02-04 |website=www.thetimes.com |language=en}}</ref>
==Early life== Gordon is the great-great grandson of company founder William Grant.<ref name="harpers.co.uk">{{cite web|url=http://www.harpers.co.uk/news/fullstory.php/aid/11095/William_Grant___Sons_appoints_Glenn_Gordon_as_chairman.html|title=William Grant & Sons appoints Glenn Gordon as chairman - Harpers Wine & Spirit Trade News|author=|date=|website=www.harpers.co.uk|accessdate=15 May 2018|archive-date=15 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180515184341/http://www.harpers.co.uk/news/fullstory.php/aid/11095/William_Grant___Sons_appoints_Glenn_Gordon_as_chairman.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
==Career== Gordon was managing director of William Grant & Sons from 1992 to 1999, and chairman since 2012, when he succeeded Peter Gordon, who had been chairman since 2008.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/profiles/people/18670661-glenn-grant-gordon|title=Glenn Gordon, William Grant & Sons Distillers Ltd: Profile & Biography|author=|date=|website=Bloomberg|accessdate=15 May 2018|archive-date=16 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180516005332/https://www.bloomberg.com/profiles/people/18670661-glenn-grant-gordon|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="harpers.co.uk"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.heraldscotland.com/business_hq/13056290.Ex-William_Grant_MD_gets_new_role/|title=Ex-William Grant MD gets new role|author=|date=May 2012|website=HeraldScotland|accessdate=15 May 2018|archive-date=15 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180515184937/http://www.heraldscotland.com/business_hq/13056290.Ex-William_Grant_MD_gets_new_role/|url-status=live}}</ref>
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