This twice married, Hampstead born property titan acquired British Land for £1 million in 1970 from the corporate raider Jim Slater. Sir John Ritblat is a leading patron of the arts and a gallery at the British Museum is named in his honour. He’s variously been described as a “charming old rogue”, “a bit of an old fashioned spiv” and “one of the great investors”. His interests include real tennis, bee keeping and antiquarian books.
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