Doug Perkins his wife in 1984. The company turned into an international chain of opticians, making them both billionaires. As of April 2016, they have an estimated wealth of £1.55 billion according to the Sunday Times Rich List. In spite of being a billionaire, Perkins calls himself "working-class." With his wife Mary, Perkins reside in Guernsey, U.K.. They have a son, John, and two daughters, Cathy and Julie. Doug Perkins Douglas John David Perkins (born April 1943) is a British billionaire businessman. He is the co-founder of Specsavers, an international optical retail chain. Douglas John David Perkins was born in April 1943
Samuel Perkins Pick Samuel Perkins Pick Samuel Perkins Pick (1858 – 23 May 1919) was an English architect strongly associated with Leicestershire, and co-founder of the architecture and civil engineering firm Pick Everard. The son of a veterinary surgeon, Pick was born in Kettering and educated at Kibworth Grammar School, where he was introduced to two artists (Harry Ward and John Fulleylove) who encouraged him to produce drawings of buildings, some of which were published in "The Builder". In 1884, when he was awarded a medal by the Worshipful Company of Plaisterers, he was described as an architectural apprentice of John Breedon Everard