Secret millionaire revealed
Hilary Devey lived in Bolton until she was 21, when she left to make her fortune in the haulage industry.
Now she has gone undercover on one of the region’s notorious housing estates for Channel 4’s The Secret Millionaire.
The mother of one, whose business has a turnover of £ million, also told of her own harrowing story when she spent five years trying to get her son off heroin.
She was asked to take part in the TV series — where wealthy benefactors leave behind their luxury lives and take on secret identities.
They live undercover in deprived areas to find worthy individuals and projects in need of cash.
Divorcee Hilary, who grew up in Tonge Moor, was sent to Rochdale in June, where she worked as a barmaid and volunteered with different organisations.
She donated £, of her own money to three different groups.
Hilary, aged 51, said: “I really wanted to do it in Bolton but they thought people might recognise me, so they sent me to Rochdale instead.
“I was a bit upset it wasn’t my old Bolton but I had a thoroughly enjoyable experience.”
Hilary Devey illness: What was her cause of death?
FORMER Dragon's Den star and successful businesswoman Hilary Devey has passed away in Morocco at the age of
The ex-Dragon's Den judge, entrepreneur, and TV personality died on Saturday, June 11, , after battling a long illness.
Who was Hilary Devey?
Hilary was an English businesswoman, TV presenter and entrepreneur.
Born in Bolton, Lancashire on March 10, , she had an early start in the business haulage world and went on to make her first million pounds within three years.
Later in her career she starred in popular business themed TV shows The Secret Millionaire, Dragons Den and The Intern as well as being on the Loose Women panel.
She made her fortune after launching freight network Pall-Ex back min
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Haulage boss Hilary received a CBE in for services to the transport industry and to charities.
What was Hilary Devey's cause of death?
On Sunday, June 12, her spokesperson told The Sun: "I can confirm that Hilary sadly died yesterday.
"She had been ill for some time."
The cause of her death is unknown at this time.
What was Hilary Devey's net worth?
According to Cel
EDEN CONFIDENTIAL: Dragons' Den star Hilary Devey, who was said to have an £80 million fortune, leaves no money in her will
Dragons' Den star Hilary Devey was haunted all her life by witnessing, as a seven-year-old girl, bailiffs removing furniture and household goods from her family home after her father, who had owned a central heating company, went bankrupt.
She used the experience as motivation as she went on to make a reputed fortune of £80million from the pallet company she set up using money from selling her home and car.
There has, however, been an extraordinary final twist in her life story, 16 months after she died in Morocco at the age of 65, after a long illness.
I can reveal that Devey left not a single penny in her will.
Newly published probate documents disclose that, in the will made in , she left her large diamond cross to her friend Audrey Mulligan, and her personal effects to her trustees – her son, publicist and lawyer - so they could distribute them as she had wanted in a letter of wishes, which is not public.
Dragons' Den star Hilary Devey was haunted all her life by witnessing, as a seven-year-old, bailiffs remove furniture from her family home a
Hilary Devey gained her wealth of experience in the distribution sector, having worked at Littlewood’s, followed by Tibbett and Britten, and Scorpio (part of the United Carrier network). She then spent seven years in the retail distribution sector at TNT before leaving to set up her own business.
Setting up her business Hilary had to tackle incredible odds and face untold hardships. Her business concept was completely new - untried and untested. Bankers refused to back her proposed venture and she was forced to sell her house, and downgrade her car to fund its start up.
She faced these difficult decisions with true entrepreneurial spirit. A very difficult decision for anyone let alone a single mother, she handled them head on. Many would have given up but Hilary persisted, knowing that her idea simply had to work. After all it was she who was solely responsible for providing a home and a specialist education for her dyslexic son.
Massive obstacles lay a
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