Sir Ian Wood, an Aberdeen-based Scottish businessman and philanthropist, dies at the age of 84. Across the outlets, he is described as one of Scotland’s wealthiest figures and a leading figure in North Sea industries. Multiple reports say Wood built his career by expanding a family boat repair business into an oil and gas engineering company. The BBC and other outlets characterize him as both a major North Sea business figure and a philanthropist, with tributes noted as following his death. One outlet also says he was born into a fishing family in Scotland. While the sources provide limited details on his later life and specific charitable work, they broadly agree on his origins, his role in developing an oil and gas engineering business in the North Sea, his status among Scotland’s wealthiest people, and his death at 84. The reports collectively present Wood as a prominent business leader whose professional work and public profile include philanthropic activity.