Doug Perkins 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 in Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, Wales. "His father was a policeman and his grandparents were farmers in the county for generations." He was educated at the Llanelli Boys Grammar School, and he graduated from Cardiff University. Perkins began his career as an optometrist in Llanelli and Carmarthen. In the 1970s, he took over his father-in-law's optician store in Bristol and subsequently opened 22 stores. Perkins co-founded Specsavers with
Lesley Goldie Home" (as Maggie Howard, in 1972-73) and "The Gay Lord Quex" (in 1975, directed by John Gielgud and also co-starring Dame Judi Dench and Siân Phillips). Born Lesley Goldie, she done her schooling from Holy Trinity Convent, Bromley and went on to study in Queen Mary University of London. After her marriage she changed her name to Lesley O'Connor for some time. She has two children, sons Ciaran O'Connor and Tristan Goldie. Goldie had a run in the late 1970s as an English teacher. As of 2014, she is working as interior designer. Lesley Goldie Lesley Goldie was a British