Anders Holch Povlsen
Danish businessman (born 1972)
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- Anders Holch Povlsen (born 4 November 1972) is a Danish billionaire, CEO and sole owner of the international retail clothing chain Bestseller (which includes Vero Moda and Jack & Jones), a company founded by his parents.
- He is the largest individual private landowner in the United Kingdom, due to vast tracts of land he owns in the Scottish Highlands.
- Early life Anders Holch Povlsen was born in 1972 to Troels Holch Povlsen and Merete Bech Povlsen.
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- The family has an interest, along with two Danish partners, in Bestseller Fashion Group China, a company that designs its own collections for 5,000 stores in China.
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WikipediaAnders Holch Povlsen (born 4 November 1972) is a Danish billionaire, CEO and sole owner of the international retail clothing chain Bestseller (which includes Vero Moda and Jack & Jones), a company founded by his parents. He is the largest shareholder in the British internet fashion retailer ASOS and second-largest in German internet clothing retailer Zalando. He is the largest individual private landowner in the United Kingdom, due to vast tracts of land he owns in the Scottish Highlands.
As of February 2026, Povlsen was listed as the richest Dane with a net worth estimated at US$13.5 billion.
Anders Holch Povlsen was born in 1972 to Troels Holch Povlsen and Merete Bech Povlsen. The family's first clothing store opened in 1975 in the small Danish town of Brande, with a population of 7,000.
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