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Scottish businessman and philanthropist (born 1961)

For other people named Tom Hunter, see Tom Hunter (disambiguation).

Sir Thomas Blane Hunter (born 6 May 1961) is a Scottish businessman and philanthropist.^[1]

Sports Division

Main article: Sports Division

Hunter set up his first business after graduating from the University of Strathclyde as he was, in his own words, "unemployable".

With a £5,000 loan from his grocer father Campbell and matching funds from a bank, he started selling trainers from the back of a van. Hunter built the business into Europe's largest independent retailer. In 1998 in an unsolicited offer, Dave Whelan's JJB Sports offered to buy the larger Sports Division for £290 million; Hunter accepted, earning himself £252 million.^{[citation needed]}

Other business activities

Hunter had expanded Sports Division through financing supplied by the Royal Bank of Scotland, but when he proposed the takeover of Olympus