The Boss
Michael Roderick Oliver (born September 1938), is an English businessman, philanthropist and chairman of four Cheshire based companies – Oliver Valves, Oliver Valvetek, Oliver Twinsafe and Oliver Hydcovalves– which manufacture high-pressure valves for the oil and gas sector.
Business career.
Michael Oliver established his first business, Oliver Valves, in 1979 in a one-car garage at his home in Hale, Cheshire, England.
The business began by producing a single product – an innovative severe-service needle valve. Today, the three companies sell over 400,000 valves a year, employ over 280 people worldwide and operate through offices in several locations around the world, including Dubai, Kuala Lumpur. The companies’ customers are major energy companies including Petrobras and Exxon.
The 2013 Sunday Times Rich List placed him as Britain's 169th richest person with an estimated £517million fortune. He was awarded the Order of the British Empire by the Queen at Buckingham Palace in 2012 and has been a Deputy Lieutenant of Cheshire since 2011.
He was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Engineering by the University of Chester for his services to Engineering in 2013.
Philanthropy.
Oliver is a long-term supporter of a wide range of charities in the North West of England, nationally and internationally:
Automobile and aircraft collection.
Oliver has a large collection of automobile, motorcycles, aircraft and aircraft engines and his collection also includes the late Fred Dibnah's traction engine.
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