Michael Philip Green (born 2 December 1947)[1] is an English businessman and psychotherapist, who is the owner of Tangent Communications.
His grandparents fled anti-Jewish pogroms in eastern Europe, and his father went on to run a successful business making drip-dry shirts.
Green was educated at The Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School, in Elstree, Hertfordshire on a scholarship and left, aged 17, with four O-Levels.
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.
[4] As well as Carlton Communications, Green has also held non-executive directorships at Getty Images, GMTV, ITN, Reuters Group and Thomson Multimedia.