WE never tire of hearing about those who have made the leap from humble beginnings to unimaginable success.
And few have experienced such abject lows and meteoric highs than Birmingham City Football Club Chairman and influential businessman David Gold. Read more…
YOU have got to admire a man who begins a chapter in his autobiography thus: “Several months after the trauma of seeing my best friend John and my wife Beryl having sex in my swimming pool …” Read more…
David Gold, chairman of Birmingham City FC and the man behind Ann Summers and Knickerbox, has seen £4m wiped off his personal investment portfolio during the credit crunch. Talking to ‘The Independent on Sunday’, the former owner of the ‘Sport’ newspaper group also reveals plans to open 12 Ann Summers stores in Spain. Read more…
David Gold reckons a mixture of luck and fear is what has propelled him to a £500 million fortune. But a canny ability to exploit opportunities and a singular aversion to debt has also played its part. Read more…
