Richard Tice
Richard James Sunley Tice (born 13 September 1964) is a multi-millionaire British businessman and right-wing politician who has been leader of Reform UK (formerly the Brexit Party) since 6 March 2021. Tice was CEO of the real estate group CLS Holdings from 2010 to 2014, after which he became CEO of the property asset management group Quidnet Capital LLP. He was a founder and co-chairman of the pro-Brexit campaign groups Leave.EU and Leave Means Leave. Tice helped found the Brexit Party, later rebranded as Reform UK, and was elected as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the East of England constituency at the 2019 European Parliament election. He held this role until the United Kingdom's withdrawal from the EU in January 2020. However, he continued to serve as chairman of the party under Nigel Farage and took office as leader in March 2021. Early life Richard Tice was born on 13 September 1964 in Farnham in Surrey, the third child of James S. Tice and the horse trainer and philanthropist Joan Mary Tice, who died on 26 April 2019. He is a maternal grandson of the property developer Bernard Sunley. Tice was educated at the private Uppingham School.