Sir James Goldsmith

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Businessman James Goldsmith had an unconventional approach to both his private life and to business. He had three wives, many mistresses and eight children, but managed to remain on good terms with all of them. He made daring business deals, and this allowed him to become one of the richest men in the world. He also became involved in politics, and in 1995 was elected as member of the European Parliament. He later financed a political party devoted to ensuring that Britons should be allowed to participate in a referendum to decide the future of the UK's relationship with the European Union.

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Octav Botnar

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Businessman Octav Botnar fought in the French army and with the French Resistance during the second world war. He returned to his native Rumania in 1946, where he helped organize food supplies. He was arrested and tried as an enemy of the regime in 1960, and subsequently spent four years in a labour camp. He was permitted to emigrate to West Germany, where he worked for car manufacturer NSU. He came to the UK in 1966 to reorganize NSU's import subsidiary. His own company, Moorcrest, acquired the exclusive rights to sell Datsuns in the UK.

Botnar, Octav

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Sir James Goldsmith

Article Abstract:

James Goldsmith showed a taste and admiration for unusual behaviour from an early age. He attracted a group of admiring followers in his late teens and early 20s, and he remained loyal to these people throughout the rest of his life. His first experiences with business made him somewhat cynical and planted the seeds of opposition to government and big business. His business empire expanded rapidly, however, and his attitudes led some people to fear him.

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