User:Joemartin7471/sandbox/Sir Roger Martin

Sir Roger Martin owner of Sir Roger Martin Commercial Propeties, established an ran multiple international publishing companies and received a knighthood for his charitable work in the year 2000. He currently runs his commercial real estate business, as well as funding and running the King's Court rehabilitation centre, part of the Maxie-Richards Foundation.

Early life
Sir Roger Martin was born 8th July 1951, in Harpenden, UK.

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Career
While the first half of his professional career was as an Estate agent, he turned to entrepreneurship in 1999, starting his first company, Index Books. Within 16 years, the company expanded to produce 100,000 books a week, employing around 400 people, and operating globally. Sir Roger resigned in 2007, but not after he had created a multi-million pound business. Index Books dissolved in 2016.

While still with Index, Sir Roger created Igloo Books on the 25th July 2003. Igloo Books later formed into Igloo Holdings on the 17th December 2007, although retained the common name of Igloo Books. Igloo currently has a net worth of £4 million, becoming a significant children's book publisher globally. Sir Roger Martin has since resigned from his position of director.

Honours, decorations, awards and distinctions
In 2000, Sir Roger Martin was presented with a knighthood for his charitable work. While not much is known what this work included, it did involve heavy involvement with the The Prince's Trust, in both supporting and funding the charity.

As noted by a news article in 2006, Sir Roger was presented with a vellum, hand-made parchment depicting his coat of arms - which few knights receive. The Coat of arms took 18 months of research to produce, and is specific to his name.

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