[citation needed] Working in his father's business, at the age of 22, he invented the Wagon Wheels biscuit which carried the family name.

[3] He became managing director of Ryvita in 1951, but left in 1954 to co-found the Weston Biscuit Company in Australia.

[4] He served as head of the Garfield Weston Foundation and was a benefactor of numerous philanthropic projects.

For instance, in 1999, he directed a 20 million pound donation to the British Museum from the Garfield Weston Foundation, set up in 1958 with money from his parents, siblings and himself.

His other children are Jana Khayat, Kate Hobhouse, Sophia Mason and Garth Weston.