Ghiis biography of william hill

Of all the punters who visit a William Hill betting shop or logon to its website today to place a bet how many will give a moment’s thought to man who founded the betting company which still carries his name to this day?

marks 80 years since William Hill established his betting company in – although he had been taking bets officially and unofficially since the s – and to mark the anniversary a new book has been published exploring the life of both the man and the company he created (William Hill: the man and the business () Graham Sharpe with Mihir Bose, Racing Post Books). 

The book is divided into two parts, the first being a biography of William Hill and the second a corporate biography of the company’s fortunes since Hill’s death in Dealing as it does with Hill’s life from to , the first part of the book also provides a social history of life in Britain in the 20th century.

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