Personal Life
Stein lives in Padstow, Cornwall for part of the year but also has a house in Sydney with his wife, Sarah Stein and her two children. He has three sons from his marriage to his business partner Jill, which ended in 2002, their divorce was granted on 8 June 2007.
When Stein was eighteen his father committed suicide in Cornwall after suffering from bipolar disorder. Stein's brother, Professor John Stein teaches and researches medicine, and in particular dyslexia and neurophysiology, at Oxford University, where he is a fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford. He also has a sister Henrietta and a half brother Jeremy who was from his mother's first marriage.
Stein and his ex-wife Jill jointly built up the food business which today is valued at £32 million, and employs approximately 450 people in Padstow.
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