Peter Kelly
$1.63B
$10.8M (0.7%)
as of 06/13/26
About Peter Kelly
Peter Kelly founded IT infrastructure provider Softcat in 1993, spending a reported $44,400 and working out of his garden shed.
Kelly, a college dropout, started out in sales at Xerox Corp.
He took Softcat public in 2015 on the London Stock Exchange and owns just over 30% of the company.
Kelly is known to offer his staff free breakfast and a weekly shirt-ironing service.
Personal stats
Citizenship
United KingdomSource of wealth
I.T.Residence
Bristol, United KingdomMarital status
MarriedBirth date
07/01/57 (age 68)Self-made
self-madePeter Kelly’s fortune is worth
27K
troy ounces of gold
25K
median U.S. household
16K
median U.S. income
0.033%
U.S. credit card volume
0.007%
GDP of the United States
0.005%
United States debt
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Financial assets
LONDON | SCT-GB
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