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Mohammad Al-Sharif

At the age of 22 in March 2015 this Saudi playboy and wannabe member of the Rich Kids of Instagram was convicted of driving whilst unfit through drugs and fined £400. Mohammad Al-Sharif was...

Nancy Dell’Olio

A whirlwind of energy accompanies Nancy Dell’Olio wherever she goes. Personable and always immaculately presented, here is a New York born lawyer who was formerly the ‘First Lady of Football’. London based and multi-lingual,...

Mowbray Jackson

Having once described himself as a “proud troll” on Twitter, this coat-tail hanging sort is often to be found in the company of the phone hacking obsessed bore Hugh Grant. A UKIP campaign manager...

Kathy Prounis

This interior decorator began her career in commercial design with Skidmore, Owings & Merrill in New York. Kathy Prounis is married to the lawyer Othon Prounis, a partner at Ropes & Gray, and is...

André Balazs

Brought up mostly in Cambridge, Massachusetts, André Balazs is a graduate of Cornell and Columbia Universities whose success in the hospitality sector has been phenomenal. A leading hotelier and restaurateur, Balazs’ portfolio numbers London’s...

Elyse Newhouse (née Elyse Applebaum)

This New York based philanthropist married the grandson of Advance Publications founder Samuel I. Newhouse, Sr. (1895 – 1979) in 1988. Together with her husband, Michael, this mother of two is a graduate of...

Manthe Penton Harrap

Featured on the BBC documentary Modern Times: Welcome to Mayfair in February 2015, Manthe Penton Harrap tells her Twitter followers that she believes “health is wealth”. This truly eccentric lady is described elsewhere as...

Kyle Hotchkiss Carone

A Princeton graduate and “hospitality expert”, uber-connected Kyle Hotchkiss Carone grew up in Connecticut and Long Island. A rising star restaurateur, Hotchkiss Carone worked under André Balazs whilst at college and opened what The...

Joyce Cohen (formerly Joyce McDillon, née Joyce Lemay)

Born in Carpentersville, Illinois to an American Indian and a mother of Polish descent, Joyce Cohen’s tale takes in a journey from rags to riches to rags. A mother of one by a previous marriage, Joyce Lemay...

Afton Elaine Burton

A one-time supporter and former fiancée of Charles Manson, Afton Elaine Burton moved from Illinois to Corcoran, California to be closer to a man she believed to be innocent. Born into a devout family...

Denis Doble

This party loving, gift bag collecting sort hails from SW18 and is often spotted at the very same gatherings as his Facebook friend David Pun. A member of the committee of the University of...

Raghad Hussein (غد صدام حسين, AKA “Little Saddam” and “The Terror Godmother”)

This shameless Jordanian based Iraqi is a jewellery designer and a supporter of ISIS. Despite her husband having been murdered at the instructions of her father, Raghad Hussein bizarrely still raves about how wonderful...

Lady Annabel Goldsmith

The hostess of “the event of the season”, mother of six Lady Annabel Goldsmith’s summer garden party at her home, Ormeley Park on the edge of Richmond Park, is attended by the great and...

Danilo Tersigni

Italian bartender and gin creator Danilo Tersigni is the charming general manager of Mayfair hotspot Mr Fogg’s. He founded and launched the VII Hills London Dry Gin brand in 2014 and lives by the...

Ampika Pickston

Oldham born divorcee and former glamour model Ampika Pickston describes herself as “feisty, fun loving and warm hearted”. Now based in Hale Barns, Cheshire and the owner of a beauty salon named Opium, Pickston...

Nati Abascal y Romero-Toro (formerly The Most Excellent The Duchess of Feria)

This Spanish socialite and fashion model has – alongside Coco Chanel, Carolina Herrera, Diana, The Princess of Wales, Baroness Thatcher and Anna Wintour – been a member of the International Best Dressed List since...

Chris Reynolds Gordon (born Christopher Webb, also known as Chris Reynolds)

He arrogantly terms himself “the entrepreneur who declared war on depression”, but in reality sex party organiser Chris Reynolds Gordon is nothing but a tacky self-promoting media whore. The founder of the tastefully named...

Oliver Kremer

The co-founder of New York’s Dos Toros Taqueria chain of Mexican eateries with his brother, Leo, Oliver Kremer describes himself as a “stickler for quality”. Originally from Berkeley, California and now based in New...

Bienvenida Buck (AKA “The Spanish Firecracker”, born Bienvenida Perez-Blanco)

Thrice married and best known as the mistress of the Sir Peter Harding, Chief of the Defence Staff during the Gulf War, self-styled femme fatale Bienvenida Buck once commented: “The successful man is one...

Malavath Poorna

The youngest girl to have reached the summit of Everest, Indian Malavath Poorna scaled the world’s highest mountain in May 2014 at the age of 13 years and 11 months. Of her success, she...

Andy Carroll and Billi Mucklow

Professional footballer Andy Carroll earns £85,000 a week and has 283,000 followers on Twitter. He took to social media to complain about The Sun on 1st January 2015 whilst his Bikram Yoga loving partner, Billi Mucklow, is...

Randy Harris

The son of businessman King Harris and publishing heiress Anne Hearst McInerney, Randy Harris celebrated his 21st birthday party at the ‘21’ Club in 2012 alongside members of the Bush, Hearst, Rockefeller and Tobin...

Marcus Prinz von Anhalt (born Marcus Edward Eberhardt)

Having started his career as a butcher, this eccentric moved into the nightclub business and is described as “one of the largest and most visible owners of brothels in Germany”. Jailed at least twice for...

Linda Sandler

Featured in the late Dominick Dunne’s Power, Privilege and Justice, Linda Sandler is the ex-wife of a multi-millionaire named Joel Sandler. The couple lived in luxury in a Philadelphia mansion but despite their wealth,...

Solomon Akhtar

More “party boy” than “business man”, Exeter graduate Solomon Akhtar, himself, was the first to admit he’d have been more suited to appearing in Made in Chelsea than on The Apprentice after getting booted from the...

David West (also known as “Dave West” and “Lord David West of the Manor of Hollesley”, 1944 – 2014)

This larger than life character loved distinctively coloured clothing, crocodile skin shoes and luxury cars. Romford born David West was a businessman who made his fortune selling tobacco and alcohol to British “booze cruisers”...

Hugo Campbell-Davys

Described by the Evening Standard as “London’s best connected man”, this Chelsea based sage is the founder of Urbanologie, an online private members’ lifestyle club. Ampleforth educated and someone who “can always recall faces...

Kate Spivak

The founder of a “social dining group”, Kate Spivak has over 21,000 followers on Twitter. This passionate foodie describes herself as a “marketing nerd” and “food geek” and is based in San Francisco. Illustrated...

Pablo Salcedo

This cheerful barman lives in Chelsea and works at La Brasserie in South Kensington. Known for his superb Negronis, Pablo Salcedo is a founding member of the ‘Open Bar’ crew and a fan of G&Ts...

Pedro López (AKA “The Monster of the Andes”)

This Colombian psychopathic serial killer’s whereabouts are currently unknown. When Pedro López, the “son of a penniless prostitute”, confessed to the murders of over 310 girls in Colombia, Ecuador and Peru after being arrested...

June and Leon Bernicoff

Channel 4 Gogglebox stars June and Leon Bernicoff met at teacher-training college in 1955. A couple who live by routine, Leon views Nigel Farage to be “a dangerous dickhead” whilst June is “not that...