In existence since 1934, prior to going public in 2002, William Hill switched hands several times from Sears Holding in 1971, to Grand Metropolitan in 1988, to Brent Walker in 1989.
Roger Devlin if the Chairman of the board of directors and Philip Bowcock is the CEO. They are based in London, England and employ 16,000 people. Since 2002, William Hill has been a publically traded company on the London Stock Exchange.