Sir Timothy Alan Davan Sainsbury (born 11 June 1932) is a Conservative politician and businessman in the United Kingdom.
When the Company listed on the London Stock Exchange on 12 July 1973, as J Sainsbury plc, his family at the time kept control with an 85% stake.
His wife, who had held the other half of his 6% stake, dropped her interest in Sainsbury's below 3% the previous week.
[citation needed] In the Sunday Times Rich List 2008 his family fortune was estimated at £1.3 billion.
He was Chairman of the Somerset House Trust from 1997 until 2002, and was president of a £25m campaign for Worcester College, Oxford.
Tim Sainsbury is Chairman of the V&A's International Council, which aims to secure major donations for the FuturePlan.
Camilla was married until late 2015 to Shaun Woodward (an MP who defected from the Conservative Party to Labour).