[3][4][5] His mother, Clarice, was born in and grew up in Lochside Street, Shawlands, Glasgow, the daughter of Abraham Castle, a dealer in electrical and wireless appliances, and his wife Hannah.
[4] He grew up in Hendon[6] and was educated at the City of London School.
Mark Pears has run the company since his father died in 1984, when he was aged 21.
[13] In 1987, he married Debra Groves at the Western Marble Arch Synagogue.
[9] He was appointed CBE in the 2014 Queen's Birthday Honours, "For services to Business and to Charity".