Last Updated: 04 Apr, 2024 | Views: 156
Age: 55
Profession: Business Women
Other Profession(s): Television Personality
Famous For: Former managing director of Birmingham City F.C.
Higher Education: Salcombe Preparatory School
Net Worth: $123 Million Approx.
About (Profile/Biography):
On April 4, 1969, in Edmonton, London, England, Karren Brady was born. Terry Brady, her Irish father, had amassed wealth through printing and real estate development. Rita Brady, Karren Brady's Italian mother, has an older brother named Darren. Karren Brady went to Salcombe Preparatory School in Southgate till she was eleven years old. She then went to Aldenham School in Elstree then Poles Convent, a boarding school in Ware, Hertfordshire.
Karren Brady Career:
Karren Brady Earlier Career:
• Karen Brady targeted the advertising business of publisher David Sullivan, one of her father's biggest clients.
• Karen Brady started career as a trainee in Saatchi & Saatchi. It is an advertising firm and provide brand promotion services.
Karren Brady Job with Sport Newspapers
• At the age of 20, Sullivan gave Karren Brady a job opportunity with Sport Newspapers, and she went on to become one of his directors.
• Karen Brady began her career with Birmingham City F.C. as managing director when she was 23 years old.
Karren Brady Vice-chairman of West Ham United
• Karen Brady was tasked with arranging West Ham United's relocation from their Boleyn Ground to the Olympic Stadium in Stratford, East London.
• Brady worked as vice-chairman of West Ham United and try to become more specific and goal oriented.
Karren Brady Other Business Involvement
• In addition, Karen Brady held a position on the Sport England board and served as chairman of Bauer's Kerrang.
• Former non-executive director of Channel 4 television Karren Brady left to accept a job at Syco, the joint venture between Sony and Simon Cowell.
Karren Brady Championing women in business
• Karen Brady is well known for her longstanding support of women in business.
• Karren Brady has made a point of urging other women in the workforce to support one another as they navigate the corporate world.
Karren Brady Awards:
• 2006: Woman of the Year
• 2006: The Queen's lunch
• 2007: Revitalise Businesswoman of the Year
• 2008: NatWest Spirit of Everywoman Award
• 2010: Sunday Telegraph's 100 Most Powerful Women
• 2010: London's 1000 Most Influential People
• 2011: Britain's Most Inspirational Women
• 2012: CEO of the Year Award
• 2013: 100 most powerful women
• 2014: Top 500 most influential people
• 2014: 10th in The Guardian's 50 most influential women in British sport
• 2014: Lords as Baroness Brady
Karren Brady Unknown Facts:
• Karren Brady unexpectedly had a possibly deadly brain aneurysm detected during a full-body MRI scan performed in 2006 as part of a medical screening.
• Karren Brady is also an ambassador for women's well-being and the patron of the Life After Stroke Awards.