Winning Against the Odds (Hardcover)

Stuart Wheeler

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Lingua: inglese

Editore: Quiller Publishing Ltd, Shrewsbury, 2019

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Hardcover. Winning Against the Odds tells the fascinating, eccentric story of one of England's most fascinating and eccentric men. Stuart Wheeler went to Eton and Oxford. He was an officer in the Welsh Guards, a barrister, an investment banker and a major donor to the Conservative Party. You might think that he has led a life of impeccably conformist upper-class respectability. You'd be wrong. For Wheeler is also an illegitimate child adopted at the age of two, a maverick businessman who made his fortune on the back of `the most brilliant idea that anyone had had of his generation' and a devoted gambler who has been thrown out of more than one Las Vegas casino. He played cards with Lord Lucan two nights before his infamous disappearance, effectively invented spread-betting with the creation in 1974 of IG Index and gave William Hague's Conservatives GBP5 million (still the biggest political donation in British history) before being expelled from the Tories, joining UKIP and becoming a key figure in Vote Leave during the Brexit referendum campaign. Forthright, principled and always entertaining, Winning against the Odds is a story of bets won and lost, of outrageous personalities and dramatic events, and of a singular mind that engages with the world around it in a completely unique and compelling way. AUTHOR: Stuart Wheeler was educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford and completed National Service in the Welsh Guards. After practising for three years as a barrister, he spent ten years in merchant banking before founding the spread-betting company IG Index in 1974. A tireless campaigner against torture, he is a supporter of, amongst others, Human Rights Watch, Amnesty and Reprieve. In 2001, Stuart gave GBP5 million to the Conservative party, the largest donation in British political history. He was subsequently UKIP's treasurer, and was also on the board of Vote Leave. He has three daughters, and divides his time between London and Chilham, Kent. b/w photographs Winning Against the Odds tells the captivating story of one of Englands mostfascinating and eccentric men. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

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Titolo
Winning Against the Odds (Hardcover)
Autore
Stuart Wheeler
Editore
Quiller Publishing Ltd, Shrewsbury
Anno di pubblicazione
2019
Condizione
new
Rilegatura
Hardcover
Lingua
inglese
ISBN 10
1846892953
ISBN 13
9781846892950

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