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Saffron Otter

Youngest person on UK's biggest taxpayers list started out in parents' garage

Ben Francis has been named as one of the biggest taxpayers in the UK - and is the youngest of the top 100 list.

The chief executive of athletics and leisure brand, Gymshark, appeared in 93rd place in the Sunday Times Tax List, released on Friday, thanks to his contribution to the public finances standing at £11.6 million.

The 30-year-old came from humble beginnings, starting his £1.25billon empire sewing his own gym clothes from his parents' garage in Bromsgrove, near Birmingham.

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