A self-made Czech real estate billionaire, Radovan Vitek was listed as having a worth of £1.1 billion by Forbes in 2015. The owner of a home in Belgravia, this twice-married father of four was taken into custody in 2004 after being falsely accused of pimping and bought Ringo Starr’s Surrey mansion for £13.5 million in May 2015.
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What an attractive looking man. I wonder if he is a good friend of Miss Askenazi.