You Can Buy a Pounds 15 Suit From This Man ... Or a Pounds 5m House ; Tesco Clothing Guru Terry Green's London Home Is for Sale - and It's Anything but Bargain-Basement

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If you dream of what you might do with a multimillion-pound salary, take a tip from Terry Green, the retail guru who heads Tesco's clothing division. Two years ago, he reportedly became the highest-paid employee outside the board and has since been spending his windfall on a host of luxury improvements at his London home.

Terry, 57, is responsible for introducing Tesco's Pounds 15 suits and credit-crunch school uniforms for Pounds 3.75, examples of the business acumen that has cemented the supermarket's reputation for value. In early 2007, to stop him being poached by a rival, Tesco reportedly added Pounds 1million to his Pounds 1.5million salary, although Terry denies the increase was that much.

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You Can Buy a Pounds 15 Suit From This Man ... Or a Pounds 5m House ; Tesco Clothing Guru Terry Green's London Home Is for Sale - and It's Anything but Bargain-Basement

Whatever the true figure, he has certainly been making some expensive improvements at his Grade II listed house in Highgate, now on the market for Pounds 5million. He bought it for Pounds 2.5million in 2006, has spent Pounds 1.5million transforming it to super-prime standards and is confident he can make the asking price.

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