Michael P. Green

Green was born on 2 December 1947 in Hampstead, London, to Cyril, a shirt manufacturer, and Irene, a doctor. His grandparents fled anti-Jewish pogroms in eastern Europe, and his father went on to run a successful business making drip-dry shirts. The business was sold when Green was 13. Green was educated at The Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School, in Elstree, Hertfordshire on a scholarship and left, aged 17, with four O-Levels. Contemporaries included David Elstein, the former head of Channel 5, and Nicholas Serota, director of the Tate Gallery. ==Career==

After working in public relations, Green went into business with his brother, founding the printing and direct mail firm Tangent Industries, making him a millionaire by the age of 21. As a result, Carlton expanded and went on to acquiring other ITV franchisees up until in 2004, when it merged with Granada to form ITV plc. As a result of the merger, Green left the company. As well as Carlton Communications, Green has also held non-executive directorships at Getty Images, GMTV, ITN, Reuters Group and Thomson Multimedia. He is non-executive chairman of Tangent Communications, where his nephew, Timothy Green, is chief executive. Green retrained in psychotherapy, which he has practised from 2011. ==References==