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Duty-Free Enterprise

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The concept of "duty free shopping"--offering high-end concessions to travelers, free of import taxes--was in its infancy when, along with Chuck Feeney, Miller founded DFS on November 7, 1960. DFS began operations in Hong Kong (where it retains its corporate headquarters), later expanding to Europe and other continents. DFS' first major breakthrough came in the early 1960s, when it secured the exclusive concession for duty free sales in Hawaii, allowing it to market its products to Japanese travelers. A typical duty-free store, at Zurich International Airport Duty-free shops (or stores) are retail outlets that do not apply local or national taxes and duties. ... Charles F. Feeney (b. ...

DFS eventually expanded to off-airport duty free stores and large downtown Galleria stores, and became the world’s largest travel retailer. [1] In 1996, Miller's and Feeney's interests were acquired by Louis Vuitton Möet Hennessy (LVMH), the French luxury goods group, for $1.63 billion. Miller still retains a 31% share of the company to this day.[2]

Miller is also the founder of Search Group, an international investment company. Along with other assets, Miller is currently ranked the 68th richest person in the U.K. [3], down from 22nd in 2003. [4]

Sailing Records

In October 2003, Miller's monohull yacht, the Mari-Cha IV, set a new world record for crossing the Atlantic. [5] In that same trip, the Mari-Cha also broke the 24-hour distance record, by sailing 525.5 nautical miles (973.2 km) in a 24-hour period. It was also the first monohull ever to cross the Atlantic Ocean in under seven days. The yacht’s crew included Crown Prince Pavlos, son of King Constantine II of Greece and Miller's son-in-law. A monohull is a type of boat having only one hull, unlike multihulled boats which can have two or more individual hulls connected to one another. ... Prince Pavlos, Crown Prince of Greece, Prince of Denmark is the eldest son of Constantine II, King of the Hellenes from 1964 to 1973. ... Constantine of Greece, formerly Constantine II, King of the Hellenes (born June 2, 1940) was King of Greece from 1964 until the abolition of the monarchy in 1974. ...

Family and Home Life

He was born in Quincy, Massachusetts, a son of Ellis Warren Appleton Miller (1898-1986), a bookkeeper and salesman, and his wife, the former Sophia June Squarebriggs (1899-1998), a Canadian-born former governess.[6] Quincy is the name of several places in the United States of America: Quincy, California Quincy, Florida Quincy, Illinois Quincy, Massachusetts Quincy, Michigan Quincy, Mississippi Quincy, Missouri Quincy, New Mexico Quincy, Ohio Quincy, Washington Quincy, Adams County, Wisconsin Quincy Township, Michigan Quincy may also refer to: Josiah Quincy (disambiguation) Quincy... This article is about the U.S. State. ...

He is married to the former Maria Clara "Chantal" Pesantes, a native of Ecuador. Their three daughters, often referred to as "The Miller Sisters," are Alexandra von Fürstenberg; Marie-Chantal, Crown Princess of Greece; and Pia Getty. The Miller Sisters, three sisters, daughters of billionaire Robert W. Miller, who married very well and were socially prominent in the late-twentieth and early-twenty-first centuries. ... Alexandra von Fürstenberg (nee Alexandra Natasha Miller) was born October 3, 1972 in New York City. ... The Crown Princess Pavlos of Greece, Princess of Denmark (born Marie-Chantal Claire Miller, September 17, 1968) is a socialite, designer of childrens clothes, and the wife of HRH Crown Prince Pavlos of Greece, Prince of Denmark. ... Pia Christina Miller Getty (born 1966, New York City), is the oldest daughter of billionaire Robert W. Miller and sister of Marie-Chantal of Greece and Alexandra von Fürstenberg, a trio famously dubbed The Miller Sisters. ...

Miller, who is now a British citizen, remains based in Hong Kong but has homes in London, New York, Paris, and Gstaad. He also owns the 32,000 acre (129 km²) Gunnerside Estate in Yorkshire, one of the largest country estates in Britain.