About Luke Johnson (businessman)
Luke Oliver Johnson (born 2 February 1962) is a British entrepreneur. He is a former chairman of the PizzaExpress chain, the Royal Society of Arts and Channel 4. Johnson calls himself a "projector", the 17th-century term for a man involved in many different businesses. He is currently the chairman of Gail's bakery and The Brighton Pier Group, among other businesses. He is a former owner of The Ivy, Le Caprice and J Sheekey restaurants in London and a former part-owner of Giraffe Restaurants. == Early years == Luke Johnson was born on 2 February 1962 in Slough, the son of historian Paul Johnson and of Marigold Johnson, and the brother of Daniel Johnson. He spent his early years in Iver, Buckinghamshire, and was educated at the state run Langley Grammar School in Langley, Berkshire, and at Magdalen College, Oxford. While at university Johnson, together with fellow student Hugh Osmond (later founder of Punch Taverns), interviewed Sir Richard Branson on his houseboat in London for the student newspaper. This gave the pair the inspiration to go into business and they began running the Era nightclub in Oxford. By the time of graduation, he and Osmond were running businesses from software to clubs.
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