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In September 2020, Ratcliffe officially changed his tax residence from Hampshire to Monaco, a move that it is estimated will save him £4 billion in tax.","In February 2024, Ratcliffe became a minority shareholder in the English football club Manchester United and gained control over sporting operations."],"facts":[{"key":"born","label":"Born","values":[{"text":"18 October 1952","date":"1952-10-18"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1440023#P569"}},{"key":"birthplace","label":"Place of birth","values":[{"text":"Failsworth","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2346848"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1440023#P19"}},{"key":"citizenship","label":"Citizenship","values":[{"text":"United Kingdom","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q145"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1440023#P27"}},{"key":"occupation","label":"Occupation","values":[{"text":"engineer","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q81096"},{"text":"chairperson","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q140686"},{"text":"chief executive officer","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q484876"},{"text":"businessperson","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q43845"},{"text":"entrepreneur","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q131524"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1440023#P106"}},{"key":"education","label":"Education","values":[{"text":"University of Birmingham","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q223429"},{"text":"London Business School","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1481050"},{"text":"Beverley Grammar School","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4899415"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1440023#P69"}},{"key":"awards","label":"Awards","values":[{"text":"Knight Bachelor","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q833163","date":"2018"},{"text":"Petrochemical Heritage Award","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18388002"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1440023#P166"}}],"office":null,"sections":[],"cited":[],"cited_from":null,"videos":[],"last_reviewed":null,"organizations":[],"same_as":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Ratcliffe","https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1440023"],"faq":[{"q":"When was Jim Ratcliffe born?","a":"Jim Ratcliffe was born on 18 October 1952 in Failsworth."},{"q":"Where did Jim Ratcliffe study?","a":"Jim Ratcliffe was educated at University of Birmingham, London Business School, Beverley Grammar School."}],"related":[{"name":"Bernie Ecclestone","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/bernie-ecclestone"},{"name":"Doug Perkins","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/doug-perkins"},{"name":"Gopichand Hinduja","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/gopichand-hinduja"},{"name":"Ian Livingstone","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/ian-livingstone"},{"name":"Jayshree Ullal","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/jayshree-ullal"},{"name":"Michael Kadoorie","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/michael-kadoorie"},{"name":"Michael Moritz","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/michael-moritz"},{"name":"Mike Ashley","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/mike-ashley"},{"name":"Philip Green","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/philip-green"},{"name":"Trevor Hemmings","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/trevor-hemmings"},{"name":"David Beckham","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/david-beckham"},{"name":"Victoria Beckham","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/victoria-beckham"}],"places_in":[],"nearby":[],"image":{"url":"https://diginpl.com/kb-img/jim-ratcliffe-afa6fc18cc.jpg","width":500,"height":626,"license":"CC BY-SA 3.0","credit":"Staff photographer","page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jim_Ratcliffe_PET_2013_03_25_DSC_0554_crop.jpg"},"sources":[{"label":"Wikipedia (English): Jim Ratcliffe","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Ratcliffe","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikidata item Q1440023","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1440023","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},{"label":"Image: Jim Ratcliffe PET 2013 03 25 DSC 0554 crop.jpg by Staff photographer (CC BY-SA 3.0)","url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jim_Ratcliffe_PET_2013_03_25_DSC_0554_crop.jpg","license":null}],"license":{"text":"CC BY-SA 4.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","facts":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},"attribution":"Text from the Wikipedia article Jim Ratcliffe, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: Jim Ratcliffe PET 2013 03 25 DSC 0554 crop.jpg — Staff photographer, CC BY-SA 3.0.","cite":"\"Jim Ratcliffe\". DigiNepal. Last updated 31 October 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/jim-ratcliffe. Retrieved 4 November 2026.","date_modified":"2026-10-31T11:28:20Z","facts_checked":"2026-11-04","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/people/jim-ratcliffe","en":"https://diginpl.com/people/jim-ratcliffe","ne":"https://diginpl.com/people/jim-ratcliffe?lang=ne"}}