James Hanson, Baron Hanson is remembered in business for decisions whose consequences outlived the decade that made them.
The record lists James Hanson, Baron Hanson as British businessman (1922–2004).
James Hanson, Baron Hanson was born at Huddersfield in 1922. His recorded nationality is United Kingdom.
Post-war business was mass-market and increasingly multinational, managed by professionals rather than owners.
He worked as politician and entrepreneur.
What a company leaves behind is usually infrastructure, habit and employment rather than a name.
Recognition followed: Knight Bachelor.
That the business was built from United Kingdom shaped it: capital, regulation and market size differ by country, and they decide what is even attemptable.
James Hanson, Baron Hanson died in 2004, aged 82. What remains is the enterprise and its consequences, which is the only durable measure of a commercial life.
Achievements
- Knight Bachelor
