article_snippet.sent: Mr Coupe was born in Watford in 1960, the son of a housewife and inventor father who founded his own medical company, his was brought up in West Sussex.
article_snippet.sent: his then went on to study physics at Birmingham University before 'stumbling' into supermarket management via a graduate training scheme.
article_snippet.sent: his currently lives in a £1million terraced house in York with Jill, his wife of 22 years, and their two daughters.
article_snippet.sent: Mike Coupe was in London carrying out Mike Coupe normal duties that day.