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Specsavers Optical Group Limited [1] is a British multinational optical retail chain, which operates mainly in the UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, and the Nordic countries. The chain offers optometry and optician services for eyesight testing and sells glasses , sunglasses , and contact lenses .
Dame Mary Lesley Perkins, DBE (born 14 February 1944) [1] is an English billionaire who is the co-founder of Specsavers, the British retail optometry chain.. Together with her husband, co-founder and chairman Doug Perkins, Dame Mary has three children, all of whom work for Specsavers, and are eventually expected to take over the privately-owned company.
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Perkins co-founded Specsavers with his wife Mary Perkins in 1984. [3] The company became an international chain of opticians, making them both billionaires. As of April 2016, they have an estimated wealth of £1.55 billion according to the Sunday Times Rich List. [2] In spite of being a billionaire, Perkins calls himself "working-class." [4]