Alannah Weston

"The woman who matters on this October day in 2021 is as wise as she is rich. Alannah Weston comes from one of the wealthiest Canadian trading dynasties, most recently leading the family-owned luxury department store Selfridges as its head. Now, after her father Galen passed away in April, the globally renowned shopping temple on Oxford Street in London, along with a further 17 properties, is set to change ownership."

"Alannah Weston and her family are among the wealthiest in the world, yet she has no money to spare. After all, Selfridges is not just any department store, neither for the owner nor for the employees and the customers. This luxury monument attracts six times as many visitors annually as the Tower of London. Who can estimate what a private equity firm would do with such a jewel? How would that be received by the English? Benko courts and argues: He respects the tradition, the treasures in his luxury empire he sees as a long-term investment."