Sir Peter Colin Michael CBE (born 17 June 1938) is a British engineer and businessman whose interests include radio and wine-making.
[1] After training as an engineer at Queen Mary University of London, he worked at Smith Industries and Plessey, before leaving in 1968 to set up his first company.
He founded and managed a range of technology companies including Micro Consultants Group, UEI plc, Cosworth Engineering and Quantel.
[3] In 1983, he founded the Peter Michael Winery in the Knights Valley region of Calistoga, northern California.
[4][5] His wife Margaret (Lady Michael) farms 1000 acres in Berkshire with arable cereals and a pedigree South Devon Red breeding herd.