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Stuart Alan Ransom Rose, Baron Rose of Monewden (born 17 March 1949) is an English businessman, who was the executive chairman of the British retailer Marks & Spencer.
Following the appointment of Marc Bolland in May 2010, Rose stepped down as executive chairman at the end of July 2010 and remained as chairman until early 2011 when he was replaced by Robert Swannell. He was knighted in 2008 for his services to the retail industry,

I am absolutely a free marketeer and I believe the creation of wealth is a good thing and anyone who doesn't really needs to have their head examined – otherwise where are we going to get the schools, the roads, the universities, the third runway, dare I say it?

Stuart Rose

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