Gerald Maurice Ronson, CBE (born 27 April 1939) is a business tycoon, and philanthropist.
Career
Aged 15, Ronson left school and joined his father in the family furniture business, named Heron after his father Henry. The company expanded into property development, at first with small residential projects, later with commercial and office properties too. By 1967 the company was active in seven European countries and fifty-two British municipalities. In the mid-1960s Ronson brought the first self-service petrol retail outlets to the United Kingdom.
Heron International
By the early 1980s Heron was one of the largest private companies in the United Kingdom, with assets of over £1.5 billion. By the 1990s, it almost collapsed with debts of over £1 billion owed to 11,000 bondholders. The company survived with loans from Bill Gates, Rupert Murdoch, Craig McCaw, Oracle Corporation's founder, Larry Ellison, and others.
Ronson's more recent additional business ventures include Ronson Capital Partners, an investment firm he established to invest opportunistically in real estate assets in the UK; and Rontec Investments, a consortium comprising Snax 24, Investec and Grovepoint Capital, created to acquire the assets of Total Oil UK.
WMA Talks - Inspiring Conversations for the Lockdown. Mark Mishon interviews Gerald Ronson CBE.
WMA Talks - Inspiring Conversations for the Lockdown. Mark Mishon interviews Gerald Ronson CBE.
Gerald Ronson is the Chairman of CST and a JLC Trustee. He is one of the most successful businessmen of his generation and one of the most respected developers in the UK. He also invented self service petrol stations over 50 years ago. In 1956 he founded Heron Group – now called Heron International Plc – of which he is Chief Executive and is Chairman of Rontec, the third largest independent roadside retail business in the U.K.. Alongside his business interests, he is one of the most hardworking and generous philanthropists in the UK today.
published: 16 Jun 2020
Ronson's The Heron tops out
The City's first major residential development in 30 years was topped out on Thursday. Heron International's 36-floor The Heron will be completed in 2013.
published: 27 Apr 2012
Gerald Ronson, Business Tycoon - on Business Tips, being Jewish and political anti-Semitism | J-TV
Gerald Ronson is CEO of Heron - a property company he joined aged 15. Heron became one of the largest property companies in the UK, with assets over £1.5 billion. Gerald is also the founder of the Community Security Trust - a charity which provides security services or the UK Jewish community. J-TV talks to Gerald about business tips, philanthropy, and being Jewish.
published: 08 Aug 2017
Gerald Ronson at 70
Gerald Ronson talks to Jeffrey Robinson, with whom he wrote his autobiography - Leading From the Front, about life at 70 and his plans.
published: 11 Jun 2009
Gerald Ronson on Learning the Ropes and Lessons from my Father
Gerald Ronson talks to Jeffrey Robinson, with whom he wrote his autobiography - Leading From the Front. Gerald talks about how learning the ropes and the lessons from his father, Henry Ronson.
published: 11 Jun 2009
Gerald Ronson on Ernest Saunders & Altzheimer's
Gerald Ronson discusses with Jeffrey Robinson, author of his autobiography - Leading From the Front - the moment when he told Ernest Saunders to fake Altzheimer's to get out prison. This is just one of the many stories in the incredible life of one of the last great British tycoons, Gerald Ronson. The autobiography is published by Mainstream and is available from www.amazon.co.uk or www.mainstreampublishing.com All profits due to Gerald Ronson go to his charity - The Gerald Ronson Charitable Foundation
published: 08 Jun 2009
RNIB President's reception
A video from the inauguration of Dame Gail Ronson DBE to welcome her as the new President of RNIB on 23 October 2012
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published: 01 Nov 2012
"Her dream became a reality"
Business leader Gerald Ronson pays tribute to Marina Smith, co-founder of the UK National Holocaust Centre and Museum, which became the birthplace of the Aegis Trust for genocide prevention. Visit the Marina H Smith Foundation at https://marinahsmithfoundation.org/ to find out more about Marina’s life, and about how you can contribute to her legacy of care for survivors and support for peace builders.
published: 27 Sep 2022
Gerald Ronson on Fascism & Philanthropy
Gerald Ronson talks to Jeffrey Robinson, author of his autobiography - Leading from the Front - about fascism and philanthropy. The book is available now at www.amazon.co.uk.
published: 08 Jun 2009
Guest of Houour, Presentation and Speech - Chabad Lubavitch UK ONE Dinner - 20 May 2013
Harvey Rosenblatt presents the Chabad Lubavitch UK Ambassador's award to Gerald Ronson CBE and Dame Gail Ronson. Followed by a short acceptance speech by Mr. Ronson.
WMA Talks - Inspiring Conversations for the Lockdown. Mark Mishon interviews Gerald Ronson CBE.
Gerald Ronson is the Chairman of CST and a JLC Trustee. He is o...
WMA Talks - Inspiring Conversations for the Lockdown. Mark Mishon interviews Gerald Ronson CBE.
Gerald Ronson is the Chairman of CST and a JLC Trustee. He is one of the most successful businessmen of his generation and one of the most respected developers in the UK. He also invented self service petrol stations over 50 years ago. In 1956 he founded Heron Group – now called Heron International Plc – of which he is Chief Executive and is Chairman of Rontec, the third largest independent roadside retail business in the U.K.. Alongside his business interests, he is one of the most hardworking and generous philanthropists in the UK today.
WMA Talks - Inspiring Conversations for the Lockdown. Mark Mishon interviews Gerald Ronson CBE.
Gerald Ronson is the Chairman of CST and a JLC Trustee. He is one of the most successful businessmen of his generation and one of the most respected developers in the UK. He also invented self service petrol stations over 50 years ago. In 1956 he founded Heron Group – now called Heron International Plc – of which he is Chief Executive and is Chairman of Rontec, the third largest independent roadside retail business in the U.K.. Alongside his business interests, he is one of the most hardworking and generous philanthropists in the UK today.
The City's first major residential development in 30 years was topped out on Thursday. Heron International's 36-floor The Heron will be completed in 2013.
The City's first major residential development in 30 years was topped out on Thursday. Heron International's 36-floor The Heron will be completed in 2013.
The City's first major residential development in 30 years was topped out on Thursday. Heron International's 36-floor The Heron will be completed in 2013.
Gerald Ronson is CEO of Heron - a property company he joined aged 15. Heron became one of the largest property companies in the UK, with assets over £1.5 billio...
Gerald Ronson is CEO of Heron - a property company he joined aged 15. Heron became one of the largest property companies in the UK, with assets over £1.5 billion. Gerald is also the founder of the Community Security Trust - a charity which provides security services or the UK Jewish community. J-TV talks to Gerald about business tips, philanthropy, and being Jewish.
Gerald Ronson is CEO of Heron - a property company he joined aged 15. Heron became one of the largest property companies in the UK, with assets over £1.5 billion. Gerald is also the founder of the Community Security Trust - a charity which provides security services or the UK Jewish community. J-TV talks to Gerald about business tips, philanthropy, and being Jewish.
Gerald Ronson talks to Jeffrey Robinson, with whom he wrote his autobiography - Leading From the Front. Gerald talks about how learning the ropes and the lesso...
Gerald Ronson talks to Jeffrey Robinson, with whom he wrote his autobiography - Leading From the Front. Gerald talks about how learning the ropes and the lessons from his father, Henry Ronson.
Gerald Ronson talks to Jeffrey Robinson, with whom he wrote his autobiography - Leading From the Front. Gerald talks about how learning the ropes and the lessons from his father, Henry Ronson.
Gerald Ronson discusses with Jeffrey Robinson, author of his autobiography - Leading From the Front - the moment when he told Ernest Saunders to fake Altzheimer...
Gerald Ronson discusses with Jeffrey Robinson, author of his autobiography - Leading From the Front - the moment when he told Ernest Saunders to fake Altzheimer's to get out prison. This is just one of the many stories in the incredible life of one of the last great British tycoons, Gerald Ronson. The autobiography is published by Mainstream and is available from www.amazon.co.uk or www.mainstreampublishing.com All profits due to Gerald Ronson go to his charity - The Gerald Ronson Charitable Foundation
Gerald Ronson discusses with Jeffrey Robinson, author of his autobiography - Leading From the Front - the moment when he told Ernest Saunders to fake Altzheimer's to get out prison. This is just one of the many stories in the incredible life of one of the last great British tycoons, Gerald Ronson. The autobiography is published by Mainstream and is available from www.amazon.co.uk or www.mainstreampublishing.com All profits due to Gerald Ronson go to his charity - The Gerald Ronson Charitable Foundation
Business leader Gerald Ronson pays tribute to Marina Smith, co-founder of the UK National Holocaust Centre and Museum, which became the birthplace of the Aegis ...
Business leader Gerald Ronson pays tribute to Marina Smith, co-founder of the UK National Holocaust Centre and Museum, which became the birthplace of the Aegis Trust for genocide prevention. Visit the Marina H Smith Foundation at https://marinahsmithfoundation.org/ to find out more about Marina’s life, and about how you can contribute to her legacy of care for survivors and support for peace builders.
Business leader Gerald Ronson pays tribute to Marina Smith, co-founder of the UK National Holocaust Centre and Museum, which became the birthplace of the Aegis Trust for genocide prevention. Visit the Marina H Smith Foundation at https://marinahsmithfoundation.org/ to find out more about Marina’s life, and about how you can contribute to her legacy of care for survivors and support for peace builders.
Gerald Ronson talks to Jeffrey Robinson, author of his autobiography - Leading from the Front - about fascism and philanthropy. The book is available now at ww...
Gerald Ronson talks to Jeffrey Robinson, author of his autobiography - Leading from the Front - about fascism and philanthropy. The book is available now at www.amazon.co.uk.
Gerald Ronson talks to Jeffrey Robinson, author of his autobiography - Leading from the Front - about fascism and philanthropy. The book is available now at www.amazon.co.uk.
Harvey Rosenblatt presents the Chabad Lubavitch UK Ambassador's award to Gerald Ronson CBE and Dame Gail Ronson. Followed by a short acceptance speech by Mr. Ro...
Harvey Rosenblatt presents the Chabad Lubavitch UK Ambassador's award to Gerald Ronson CBE and Dame Gail Ronson. Followed by a short acceptance speech by Mr. Ronson.
Harvey Rosenblatt presents the Chabad Lubavitch UK Ambassador's award to Gerald Ronson CBE and Dame Gail Ronson. Followed by a short acceptance speech by Mr. Ronson.
WMA Talks - Inspiring Conversations for the Lockdown. Mark Mishon interviews Gerald Ronson CBE.
Gerald Ronson is the Chairman of CST and a JLC Trustee. He is one of the most successful businessmen of his generation and one of the most respected developers in the UK. He also invented self service petrol stations over 50 years ago. In 1956 he founded Heron Group – now called Heron International Plc – of which he is Chief Executive and is Chairman of Rontec, the third largest independent roadside retail business in the U.K.. Alongside his business interests, he is one of the most hardworking and generous philanthropists in the UK today.
The City's first major residential development in 30 years was topped out on Thursday. Heron International's 36-floor The Heron will be completed in 2013.
Gerald Ronson is CEO of Heron - a property company he joined aged 15. Heron became one of the largest property companies in the UK, with assets over £1.5 billion. Gerald is also the founder of the Community Security Trust - a charity which provides security services or the UK Jewish community. J-TV talks to Gerald about business tips, philanthropy, and being Jewish.
Gerald Ronson talks to Jeffrey Robinson, with whom he wrote his autobiography - Leading From the Front. Gerald talks about how learning the ropes and the lessons from his father, Henry Ronson.
Gerald Ronson discusses with Jeffrey Robinson, author of his autobiography - Leading From the Front - the moment when he told Ernest Saunders to fake Altzheimer's to get out prison. This is just one of the many stories in the incredible life of one of the last great British tycoons, Gerald Ronson. The autobiography is published by Mainstream and is available from www.amazon.co.uk or www.mainstreampublishing.com All profits due to Gerald Ronson go to his charity - The Gerald Ronson Charitable Foundation
Business leader Gerald Ronson pays tribute to Marina Smith, co-founder of the UK National Holocaust Centre and Museum, which became the birthplace of the Aegis Trust for genocide prevention. Visit the Marina H Smith Foundation at https://marinahsmithfoundation.org/ to find out more about Marina’s life, and about how you can contribute to her legacy of care for survivors and support for peace builders.
Gerald Ronson talks to Jeffrey Robinson, author of his autobiography - Leading from the Front - about fascism and philanthropy. The book is available now at www.amazon.co.uk.
Harvey Rosenblatt presents the Chabad Lubavitch UK Ambassador's award to Gerald Ronson CBE and Dame Gail Ronson. Followed by a short acceptance speech by Mr. Ronson.
Gerald Maurice Ronson, CBE (born 27 April 1939) is a business tycoon, and philanthropist.
Career
Aged 15, Ronson left school and joined his father in the family furniture business, named Heron after his father Henry. The company expanded into property development, at first with small residential projects, later with commercial and office properties too. By 1967 the company was active in seven European countries and fifty-two British municipalities. In the mid-1960s Ronson brought the first self-service petrol retail outlets to the United Kingdom.
Heron International
By the early 1980s Heron was one of the largest private companies in the United Kingdom, with assets of over £1.5 billion. By the 1990s, it almost collapsed with debts of over £1 billion owed to 11,000 bondholders. The company survived with loans from Bill Gates, Rupert Murdoch, Craig McCaw, Oracle Corporation's founder, Larry Ellison, and others.
Ronson's more recent additional business ventures include Ronson Capital Partners, an investment firm he established to invest opportunistically in real estate assets in the UK; and Rontec Investments, a consortium comprising Snax 24, Investec and Grovepoint Capital, created to acquire the assets of Total Oil UK.
Unsurprisingly, the UJC is funded by a slew of hardline genocidal Zionists such as the convicted fraudster and founder of the Community Security Trust, Gerald Ronson, property developer David Dangoor, ...
Dame Lee said ... Pictured ... She explained ... During her visit to the new centre in North-West London, Queen Camilla was introduced to to donors including Sir Gerald Ronson, who asked after the King's health following his treatment for an enlarged prostate ... .
She was introduced to donors including Sir Gerald Ronson, who asked after the King's health following his treatment for an enlarged prostate. 'He's getting on, doing his best,' she replied ...Queen Camilla nodded as she said. 'Thank goodness.' ... .
Heron boss Gerald Ronson is honoured for services to philanthropy and the Jewish community... Micha Theiner/City AM/Rex FeatGerald Ronson ... The family lost a £1bn, according to Ronson, in the property crash.
There is also a knighthood for convicted fraudster Gerald Ronson and an award to a former Passport Office chief who faced criticism for working from home amid a giant backlog of applications.
That is not an aspiration pulled out of the hat ...Target ... 58% of... As the property developer Gerald Ronson once told me, what people aspire to is a house with three bedrooms and a garden, not a home in a tower block where maintenance can be a nightmare.
You saw a clip in the film there of Gerald Ronson, you probably couldn't have told from the clip but he's giving an address at a meeting, a national meeting, UK national meeting of Chabad-Lubavitch, ...
Scandal, drama and public dismissals are par for the course for some of the best known entrepreneurs and chief executives ...Back on his feet ... 66 ... Property magnate Gerald Ronson was involved in the Guinness share-trading fraud of the 1980s. Gerald Ronson ... .
The bitter takeover brought him into contact with Gerald Ronson, a property developer who wanted a slice of the development potential inherent in the Debenhams portfolio; he played a crucial part in the success of the bid.