Boss of £300m used-car firm was ousted after ‘orchestrated plan’ by investors, judge rules
Multimillionaire Peter Waddell made his fortune selling cars. Photograph: Sean Smith/The GuardianView image in fullscreenMultimillionaire Peter Waddell made his fortune selling cars. Further, we are pleased that a number of Mr Waddell’s claims in respect of [the holding company’s] exercise of its rights under the shareholders’ documents have failed.
- ▪Multimillionaire Peter Waddell made his fortune selling cars.
- ▪Photograph: Sean Smith/The GuardianView image in fullscreenMultimillionaire Peter Waddell made his fortune selling cars.
- ▪Further, we are pleased that a number of Mr Waddell’s claims in respect of [the holding company’s] exercise of its rights under the shareholders’ documents have failed.
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Multimillionaire Peter Waddell made his fortune selling cars. Photograph: Sean Smith/The GuardianView image in fullscreenMultimillionaire Peter Waddell made his fortune selling cars. Photograph: Sean Smith/The GuardianAutomotive industryBoss of £300m used-car firm was ousted after ‘orchestrated plan’ by investors, judge rulesMultimillionaire Peter Waddell is also found to have been properly dismissed from Big Motoring World for gross misconductSimon GoodleyFri 31 Jul 2026 11.56 EDTFirst published on Fri 31 Jul 2026 11.48 EDTSharePrefer the Guardian on GoogleA multimillionaire used-car salesman was ousted from his £300m company after “a pre-conceived and orchestrated plan” devised by private equity investors that had backed his business, a high court judge has ruled.Peter Waddell, 60, was…
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