Garry Weston

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Garfield Howard Weston CBE known as Garry Weston (April 28, 1927 - February 15, 2002) was a Canadian-born businessman in the United Kingdom. Born in Toronto, Ontario, he was the son of W. Garfield Weston, owner of the George Weston Limited conglomerate headquartered in Toronto. he moved to England at the age of 4 but kept Canadian citizenship.

Garry became managing director of Ryvita, and at the age of 22 he invented the Wagon Wheels biscuit which carried the family name. He left Ryvita in 1952 and co-founded the Weston Biscuit Company in Australia. He returned to the UK to manage Associated British Foods (ABF) which his father had established in 1935 and he had served on its Board of Directors from 1949, taking over as company chairman in 1967. He remained on the board until 2000.

Weston served as head of the W. Garfield Weston Foundation and was a benefactor of numerous philanthropic projects.

Garry Weston suffered a stroke in 1999 and passed away in 2002. His son George G. Weston is deputy chair of ABF and Guy Weston is chair of Weston UK.

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