David McMurtry
Wotton-under-Edge, United Kingdom
United Kingdom
manufacturing, Self Made
$1,300,000,000
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#1425 Billionaires 2019
David McMurtry is the cofounder, CEO and chairman of Renishaw, an engineering and scientific technology company, which started in 1973.Renishaw distributes products from 77 locations in 35 countries.The company has begun supplying high-tech laser components used by drones and self-driving cars. McMurtry invented or co-invented more than 150 Renishaw products and holds several hundred patents.
In 1994, Queen Elizabeth made him a Commander of the Order to the British Empire for his contributions to British science and technology.He is the owner of the Swinhay House in England, which was used to film the series finale of Sherlock Holmes in 2014.
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