Charles Morgan (automaker) explained

Charles Morgan
Birth Date:29 July 1951[1]
Nationality:British
Known For:Morgan Motor Company (managing director)
Occupation:Businessman

Charles Peter Henry Morgan (born 29 July 1951)[1] is the former managing director of the Morgan Motor Company, a UK car manufacturer.

The grandson of the founder of the company, H.F.S. Morgan, and the son of the company's former chairman Peter Morgan, Charles Morgan joined the family firm full-time in 1985. Previously he had worked for 10 years as a news cameraman for ITN and then briefly in the publishing industry.[2] After the Morgan Motor Company was featured on the BBC's Troubleshooter in 1991, he obtained an MBA.[3] In 2013, he was removed as Morgan's managing director and continued as strategy director until October 2013, when he was voted off the company's board. He remains a minority shareholder.[4] [5]

He and the company and other family shareholders promptly sued each other.

In 2019, he and the family sold their entire interest in the company to InvestIndustriel.

Bibliography

Book: Morgan . Charles. Bowden . Gregory Houston. Morgan 100 Years: The Official History of the World's Greatest Sports Car. Michael O'Mara Books . 2008 . 978-1-84317-267-3 .

Notes and References

  1. Book: Hill, Ken. Completely Morgan: 4-Wheelers from 1968 . Veloce Publishing Ltd . 2016 . 978-1-84584-945-0 . 8 March 2016. 271.
  2. http://www.morgan-motor.co.uk/about_morgan/1980.html Morgan Motor Company web-site
  3. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sponsored/business/businesstruth/5314300/Morgan-cars-Classic-reversal-of-fortune.html Dunne, Helen; “Classic reversal of fortune”
  4. News: Daily Telegraph . Charles Morgan describes distress at being ousted from board role . 12 November 2013 . Ping Chan . Szu . London . 18 October 2013.
  5. News: BBC . Charles Morgan removed from world-famous UK car firm . 12 November 2013 . 31 October 2013.