Douglas John David Perkins (born April 1943) is a Welsh billionaire businessman. He is the co-founder of Specsavers, an international optical retail chain.

Douglas John David Perkins was born in April 1943^[1] in Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, Wales.^[2][3] His father was a policeman and his grandparents were farmers in the county.^[4] He was educated at the Llanelli Boys Grammar School, and he graduated from Cardiff University.^[3]

Perkins began his career as an optometrist in Llanelli and Carmarthen.^[3] In the 1970s, he took over his father-in-law's optician store in Bristol and subsequently opened 22 stores.^[3]

Perkins co-founded Specsavers with his wife Mary Perkins in 1984.^[3] The company became an international chain of opticians, making them both billionaires. As of April 2016, they have an estimated wealth of £1.55 billion according to the Sunday Times Rich List.^[2] In spite of being a billionaire, Perkins calls himself "working-class."^[4]

Perkins lives in Guernsey with his wife Mary.^[3] They have a son, John, and two daughters, Cathy and Julie.^[2]