Hillary Devey, the star of DRAGON’S DEN, died suddenly after a long struggle with sickness.
Devey was an English businesswoman, television presenter, television personality, and entrepreneur who was most known for her involvement on the BBC Two show Dragons’ Den until she left to present the Channel 4 series The Intern.
The entrepreneur, who played himself in the BBC series, died at the age of 65. Her agent informed today that she died on Saturday while on vacation in Morocco with her family.
Hilary Devey was such a breath of fresh air when she came on Dragon’s Den. I was obsessed when she gave this guy a dressing down. To this day I still think about “you would make my foot itch mate” x pic.twitter.com/KaHtW4fxwr
— 𝑆𝐼𝐴𝑁 𝑇𝐻𝑌𝑀𝐸𝑆 🥂 (@SianThymes) June 12, 2022
Fans are naturally curious about Hilary’s personal life and marriages as they pay passionate tributes to the actress.
Who Is Philip Childs? Meet Hilary Devey Husband
Hilary’s first marriage was to Malcolm Sharples in 1976.
She married him when she was just 18, after she returned from a stint in the Women’s Royal Air Force.
Malcolm was her childhood sweetheart and first boyfriend.
Yet the pair sadly divorced in 1978 and talking of their split, Hilary told MailOnline: “I realised that I wanted to experience more of life than Bolton had to offer and we parted after a couple of years.”
Hilary’s second marriage was to Ed Devey.
It came after she set up her freight network Pall-Ex after spotting a gap in the haulage market.
By this time, she had her son, Mevlit yet the pair did not get on.
After their brief marriage, she said: “It lasted only months but cost me a lot of money.”
Philip Childs, a former pub manager, and property entrepreneur was Hilary’s third husband. They met while she was refurbishing her Spanish vacation home. Their joy, however, was fleeting.
They were married in 2011 and divorced in 2013.
At a 70-second hearing at the High Court in 2013, the 55-year-old haulage tycoon, Hilary Devey, famed for her flashy manner, dissolved her two-year marriage to property developer Philip Childs.
Her divorce, which was based on both parties’ unreasonable behavior, comes after the divorces of fellow Dragons’ Den entrepreneurs Duncan Bannatyne and Peter Jones.
Mr. Bannatyne, who acquired an £85 million fortune through his fitness clubs, announced on Twitter that he had to lay off workers due to the cost of his divorce from his second wife Joanne McCue.
Ms. Devey stated that she would never remarry, calling her most recent divorce perhaps one of the most unhappy moments of her life. Just as she said, she did not think of tying the knot in the 8 years she lived after that, or at least she refrained from it.
She had grieved about it at that time saying, knowing that a third relationship has failed is really difficult and because she can’t seem to get it right with males, she was wounded, furious, and a little perplexed.
Despite the fact that she had her son, Mevlit, by this time, the two did not get along.
“It lasted barely months but cost me a lot of money,” she stated after their brief marriage. In 1976, Hilary married Malcolm Sharples for the first time.
After returning after a term in the Women’s Royal Air Force, she married him when she was only 18 years old. Malcolm was her first lover and childhood sweetheart. Sadly, the couple divorced in 1978.
At the time, she told the Scotsman: “The marriage lasted one day; then it was over, down the pan almost before the wedding reception was finished.
“Of course it was bloody hard knowing I’d got it wrong – yet again.”
Did Philip Childs & Hilary Devey Have Children?
Philip Childs and Hilary Devey didn’t give birth to any child as a result of their marriage. Hilary did, however, have a son named Mevlit, who she said successfully overcomed heroin addiction in 2013.
Devey was a devotee of Bolton Wanderers and a fan of the rock band Status Quo.
Devey shared a story on BBC Radio 4 on October 28, 2012, about her mother learning, years into her connection with Devey’s father, that he already had a wife and four children. Devey realized that her ex-partner was married with five children as well.
What Is Philip Childs Net Worth?
Philip Childs was a real estate agent, thus he must have earned a decent amount. So considering hos career his net worth is estimated to be above $20 million.
Hilary Devey has an estimated net worth of $80 million at the time of her demise.
She was an English entrepreneur and TV personality who amassed wealth as a result of her ability to spot fresh possibilities and successfully mix business with celebrity status on television.
Devey, the daughter of a bar landlord from Bolton, was a notable entrepreneur in the East Midlands and was a new panelist on the Dragons’ Den television show. Pall-Ex, a trucking company, was started by her in 1996.
The Leicestershire-based company achieved a $1.7 million profit on £33.4 million in sales in 2009-10. The profit number rises to $3 million when the $1.2 million directors’ salary is factored in.
The company was valued at $64 million by the Sunday Times Rich List. Devey, who controls everything, is planning a $240-$320 million IPO. Her wealth is boosted by $16 million in other assets and property.