In 1998 I invested in the Hunter Centre for Entrepreneurship at Strathclyde Uni and subsequently put more capital into enterprise education to try and help change the culture.

Due to the Financial crisis of 2007–2010 slicing an estimated £250million from his fortune Hunter was overtaken as Scotland's richest man in late 2007 by Jim McColl head of Glasgow engineering firm Clyde Blowers who has an estimated fortune of £800million. Campbell invested in another businessman who sold footwear with Campbell undertaking the accounts and working on a market stall in Irvine indoor market. In July 1998 JJB Sports offered to buy the larger Sports Division for £290m: Hunter accepted earning himself £252million.

05 billion. In April 2007 Hunter was reported in the Sunday Times Rich List as the first ever home-grown billionaire in Scotland with an estimated wealth of £1.