Les Edgar

Les Edgar is an entrepreneur, known for being the co-founder and joint managing director of Bullfrog Productions, which he set up with Peter Molyneux.

In 1982, Edgar was working at a Hifi shop called PJ Hi-Fi,[2][3] which Peter Molyneux entered one day seeking a computer for a database program he had been writing.

[2] This meeting led to the two men forming a partnership: Edgar stated that they had a similar sense of humour, and shared many interests including a desire to succeed.

[2] The pair called their future as software developers into question when they spent their money fixing bugs and updating the manual, but Edgar then had the idea of writing games.

[2] A friend of Molyneux's asked him to convert Druid II: Enlightenment to the Amiga, and he and Edgar exaggerated their abilities.

[3][6] Edgar had difficulty locating a publisher for Populous (the genre was "misunderstood by everyone"[6]), and even approached The Lego Group but they did not like the idea.

[14] During the development for the cancelled Creation, Edgar and his Bullfrog colleagues Guy Simmons and Glenn Corpes travelled to Loch Ness for research.

[18] For Theme Aquarium, Edgar wondered about the possibility of having a game designed in the United Kingdom and implemented in Japan.

[19] In the early 2000s, Edgar played a major role in returning Aston Martin to endurance racing.

[20] Edgar then suggested the repatriation of the brand to the United Kingdom, and explained that the transaction was "bizarrely straightforward".

[1] On 10 July 2017, Edgar revealed the TVR Griffith, which uses a 5-litre Cosworth V8, and is reported to weight less than 1,250 kg (2,756 lb).