Britain's richest gypsy, who is estimated to be worth around £700m, celebrated his 54th birthday in Monaco with guests including Dame Shirley Bassey.
Britain's richest gypsy, who is estimated to be worth around £700m, celebrated his 54th birthday in Monaco with guests including Dame Shirley Bassey. Alfie Best, known as 'Britain's richest gypsy', moved to Monaco earlier this year after branding the UK a 'hostile environment' for entrepreneurs.
After leaving school at 12, he became a tarmac door-to door salesman and a car dealer in his teens, later founding Wyldecrest Parks mobile home park in Essex, aged 30.His rags-to-riches tale led to appearance on 'Undercover Boss' and a recently released tell-all documentary on Amazon called 'Gypsy Billionaire'. Now, the entrepreneur owns around 100 mobile home sites across the UK, home to around 16,000 residents, with a turnover of around £70m.
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