he was in the Estates Gazette rich list in 2011, with a speculative valuation of £50m based on £10m of filed company assets and Falmer itself. he drops off the list in 2012.
graph shows less than doubling since 2000. in any case would have to sell an awful lot of domestic property to raise £100m cash. this is the thing, either he's made his money in something liquid (say commodity speculation, he is a gambler after all) or he's made it in property which gives a...
commercial property rose in the 00's but only by about 100% (doubling). so he must have been spectacularly good at deals (wouldnt go unnoticed), started with a massive fortune (he got 50m for selling betting company), or this isnt the source of his wealth. unless of course he's leveraged to...
this issue has been covered before and it will continue to be covered until there is some sort of credible answer. i recall once some posited that he is fronting a consortium of Arab investors. thats pretty damn far fetched but frankly just as credible as posters who chip in with a wink and " i...
only while its private. hold a few assets and you'll soon pop up on registers and databases for the tracking of such assets. so once people know to look for you (and familay and associates), they see those assets.
and what would that be then? one simply does not do £500m deals in secret, so it must be public if quiet knowledge, so you can share this deal with the class. Bloom doesnt appear be involved or linked to any major busineses, thats a little odd for a billionaire.