David Gold - Flying
Alchemy
Photographer Andy and I had arranged to see David at his home in rural Surrey and, at the appointed hour, in we drove through the electronic gates to the 50-acre estate. The house itself, from the outside, is Victorian, attractive and not by any means pretentious. The grounds contain a private golf course - each green is named after a David Gold company -around which ducks, geese and peacocks freely roam.
We were welcomed by Gio, David's P.A. (her name is actually Giovanna, but everybody calls her Gio) and, shortly after, by David himself. As we settled down over a coffee I took stock of the man.
-Image courtesy Andy Newbold Photography.
David is in his mid sixties, carries hardly any excess fat and looks extremely fit. He is an immensely courteous man and, since during our day together we met some of the people who work for him, I realised that he is a man who inspires great loyalty.He took us on a tour of the house, which he bought some twelve years ago. It originally had four acres of land, but this has now been enlarged through subsequent purchases to around fifty. Built in the 1850s and, when he bought it, very dilapidated, David's architect wanted to pull the whole structure down and start afresh. But David had other ideas and set about totally transforming the interior, making it into the very comfortable and desirable residence it is today, and adding a
