Sir Malcolm Walker

Chairman and co-founder of Iceland

Sir Malcolm Walker is a British businessman and entrepreneur. He was born in 1951 in Grange Moor, West Yorkshire. He took over his mother's smallholding after his father's death at the age of 14 and developed a strong business instinct. He worked at Woolworths and later became a trainee manager at Marks & Spencer, but was rejected. He eventually became the chairman and co-founder of the frozen food supermarket chain...