Simon Morris, (born 1977) in Leeds, West Yorkshire is an English business entrepreneur specializing in property. He is the owner / founder of Morris Properties (UK) and majority owner of First City Rentals. He is currently worth £69 million.[1]
Business Biography
Morris began in business selling leather coats after he had dropped out of studying a year into a law degree at Lancaster University. He soon swapped his coats for bricks and mortar, bought his first flat, refurbished it and sold it for a profit. That was the beginning of Morris Properties, which specialises in residential property for students and young professionals. It’s foundations are in Leeds, but the company is also involved in developments across Yorkshire as well as in Nottingham, Derby and Cardiff as it continues to grow at a brisk rate. Morris Properties (UK) is totally owned by its founder and made a £15.4m profit in 2005-06, while First City Rentals, in which he has a 65% stake, made a £2.3m profit. Morris is a former director of Leeds United football club. Morris Properties has just moved into new £8m purpose-built headquarters at Brewery Wharf in Leeds city centre, and employs about 100 people. Its owner’s confident projections for 2007 are for a 150% increase in turnover. In all, adding smaller stakes in a number of other companies.
Personal Life
Simon, a life long Leeds United fan and former director of the club recently tabled a bid to buy Leeds.[2]