Citywealth - Private Clients Articles
07 Dec 2009
Peter Buffett launches musical charitable CD and advent calendar website and donates CD's to Citywealth Shanghai Delhi club
When you look at the website, the wintery landscape artwork featured on this advent calendar was designed by Pennsylvania-based folk artist, Jessica Wasilewski, who recently underwent a bone marrow transplant at Memorial Sloan Kettering in New York City. Today, December 1st, the first door will reveal information on how to support The American Cancer Society Hope Lodge, which provided lodging for no cost to Jessica during her months of treatment. Read more...
07 Dec 2009
Taming the tiger economy
Brays wife runs a 33,000 hectare wildlife reserve in South Africa where the South China tiger cubs are raised in a free-ranging environment and trained to hunt wild prey with the aim of eventually transferring them back to the wild in their country of origin. (Sadly virtually all of the remaining South China tigers reside in Chinese zoos rather than the wild)). The reintroduction of wild South China tigers presents an important opportunity to raise awareness of the importance of the environment and sustainable development in China. Read more...
07 Dec 2009
Dr Lady Brocklebank launches charity CD
Anna Brocklebank, inspired by the Rev. Canon Dr. Modupe Taylor-Pearce, has created a DVD of gospel songs with proceeds to go the charity DISCET who help rebuild lives in Sierra Leone. Read more...
07 Dec 2009
Entrepreneur profile: Matt Roberts, Personal Trainer to the stars
Matt Roberts Personal trainer, credited with keeping the likes of Tom Ford, Naomi Campbell, John Galliano, Trudi Styler, Amanda Holden and Clare Maurice of Maurice Turnor Gardner in perfect shape, is son of John Roberts a former Arsenal player. From his background of high profiling sporting personalities it isn’t difficult to imagine where his knowledge and motivation came from to set up a personal training company. “When we were seven or eight years old we went training with our Dad, running up and down the Cheshire hills where we lived.” His mother was also fanatical about healthy eating which is something he said they didn’t really understand or appreciate as children. Read more...
07 Dec 2009
Mayank Patel: Making money from currency
The Azibo Group is a privately owned company with a minority shareholder who has been involved for ten years. Whilst other people run the businesses for him now Patel receives regular financial updates to keep a keen eye on progress. The Azibo Group has zero leverage “not even one pence of debt” says Patel and he built the business completely “off my own back”. He has three hundred staff which includes hires in India and Patel says if he had to guess he would say the group was worth about £100million. Read more...
09 Oct 2009
Mark, Tara and Jessica Getty and Art for Africa
In a feat of herculean enormity, a small team which includes Jessica Getty, Beezy Bailey, (artist), Susannah Friend (fundraiser), Oliver Baker (Sotheby's) and Aida Molineaux (sponsor) came together to sponsor, provide free facilities, garner support and goodwill both in free donations and art to pull off an important art auction to raise hundreds of thousands for the Art for Africa foundation. Read more...
09 Oct 2009
The richest woman in Spain
The beautiful Spaniard, Esther Koplowitz, worth £3bn, has much to be pleased about. She has developed the company she took over from her father and grown it to its current empire status (including a large stake in UK Plc). Read more...
02 Oct 2009
George Jatania and Historic Royal Palaces hold Kensington Palace profile raising party
Supported by Lornamead, Ragasaan, LookHoney.com, Praefinium, Butterfield, Fisher, Innerplace concierge, LDC, Simon J Lycett Ltd, Encee Academy and Kaushik Bathia, the event saw several hundred guests arrive in Rolls Royces to be offered champagne and then taken on a tour of the Palace before enjoying delicious Indian food by caterer Ragasaan whilst watching Indian dancers. Read more...
04 Sep 2009
A country pile: Hollow Lane, Wentworth Estate. £10million and its yours
Citywealth interviewed Lee Harrison, Managing Director and founder of Ypres Rose Developments, who said “Hollow Lane House is the finest and most exclusive new build private home in the Wentworth Estate area. £10million and its yours. Read more...
07 Aug 2009
Business at the Cannes film festival report by Valerie Austin
As early as 1932 the first film festival was in Venice started by Mussolini to help the ailing tourist industry. French films were not winning and yet were very good so an alternative festival was needed to showcase French films and the French Riviera was decided upon. Read more...
