Richard Tompkins

British entrepreneur (1918–1992)

Granville Richard Francis Tompkins (15 May 1918 – 6 December 1992) was a British print, advertising and retail entrepreneur, best known for founding the Green Shield Stamps company, as well as the Argos chain of catalogue stores which became one of the largest retailers in the United Kingdom, and a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index.²

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Born May 15, 1918, died Dec 6, 1992.¹