The Rank Group plc (LSE: RNK) is a European gaming and leisure business. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index.

The company was formed to acquire the business interests of the Rank Organisation which itself was formed out of the business interests of its founder, J. Arthur Rank.

Until the start of the 21st century, the group still had a tremendous amount of leisure holdings; however, as the decade progressed they sold their interests in Pinewood Studios and the Odeon cinema chain. It also divested itself of its engineering companies such as its share in Rank Xerox, selling Rank Leisure Machine Services to Gametec plus all its Butlins, Warner and Haven Holidays holiday and recreation facilities, which were all sold to Bourne Leisure. They then sold off their nightclub division Rank Entertainment as well as their share of interest in Universal Studios Florida and disposed of their vast Rank film library to Carlton Communications with whom they had recently also sold their Rank Advertising Film Division.

Graeme Hart (born 1955) is a New Zealand businessman reported to be the richest person in Australasia with a personal fortune of NZ$8.8 billion (US$6.1b) according to the 2009 Forbes rich list. The 2007 September 22–28 issue of the New Zealand Listener listed Hart as being the 29th most powerful New Zealander. He prefers to stay out of the general media and makes few public appearances.

Much like other leveraged buyout (LBO) private equity investors, Hart has a preference for buying under-performing and under-valued companies with steady cash flows which can be turned around through strong cash management, cost-cutting and restructuring with other businesses. Since his 2006 purchase of Carter Holt Harvey he has focused his acquisitions on the paper packaging sector. His largest acquisition to-date was for Alcoa's Packaging & Consumer group in 2008 for US$2.7bn, later renamed Reynolds Packaging Group. He does not directly manage his businesses, and is focused mostly on the financing related to re-capitalization of the companies.

Michael James Connelly (born October 16, 1935 in Monrovia, California) is a former American football offensive lineman in the National Football League for the Dallas Cowboys and the Pittsburgh Steelers. He played college football at Utah State University and was drafted in the 12th round of the 1959 NFL Draft by the Los Angeles Rams.

He attended Pasadena High School. After a 2 year stint with the United States Marine Corps, he went on to play at Utah State University from 1958 to 1959, where he was a two-way player, center and guard on offense and linebacker on defense. He garnered All-Skyline Conference honors as a senior.

He was drafted by the Los Angeles Rams in the 12th round of the 1959 NFL Draft and was also offered a contract to play with the Buffalo Bills of the AFL.

He was released by the Rams at the end of the 1960 preseason.

Connelly was claimed by the Cowboys, where he played as a backup guard during the 1960 season.

He was switched over to center before the 1961 campaign, becoming a regular starter there for four years. Connelly was very quick for his position, and as an avid weightlifter, he also became one of the strongest players on the team.

Paul Porter is an American public address announcer best known for his work for the Orlando Magic of the NBA.

Porter has served as the arena voice for the Magic since the teams inception in the late 1980s.

In addition, Porter is the former public address announcer of the Cleveland Cavaliers from 1980 to 1984.

He was also the arena voice of NBA All-Star games in two different cities - 1981 in Cleveland and both 1992 and 2012 in Orlando.

He also serves as the PA announcer for the NHL's Tampa Bay Lightning and the Arena Football League's Tampa Bay Storm.

Porter is a native of Cleveland that currently resides in Tampa, Florida.