Mary Perkins sold for £2 million in 1980, and continue to receive income from. After the sale the couple moved to Guernsey, where Mary's father had retired. Mary and Doug Perkins established Specsavers in Guernsey in 1984. In 2007 it was the largest privately owned opticians in the world, with nearly 900 stores across the UK and Europe. By 2011 the company had an annual turnover of £1.5bn and over 30,000 staff in markets in the UK, Europe and Australasia. Her current title at Specsavers is "founder". Dame Mary sits on the company board, oversees business development and has particular responsibility for
Rodney Perkins sound transduction for hearing improvement. Perkins is co-founder and Chairman of Procept, a company developing a biorobotic minimally invasive solution for benign prostatic hypertrophy. Perkins received the Lifetime Achievement Award from Medical Futures, a British organization that fosters innovation in medicine. He also received the Distinguished Medical Alumnus Award from Indiana University and was inducted into the Evansville Hall of Fame. Rodney Perkins Rodney Perkins (born 1936), a physician and entrepreneur, is Professor of Surgery at the Stanford School of Medicine. Born in 1936, Perkins grew up in Evansville, Indiana. He attended Indiana University, initially enrolling as a dental student,