Nick Leslau
| Nick Leslau | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Nicholas Mark Leslau 18 August 1959 (age 57) Cricklewood, London, England |
| Residence | Mayfair, London, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Education | Mill Hill School |
| Occupation | Investor |
| Employer | Prestbury Investment Holdings |
| Known for | Commercial Property Investment |
| Net worth |
 £350 million |
| Spouse(s) | Maxine Leslau |
| Children | 3 boys |
Nick Leslau (born 18 August 1959) is an English commercial property investor, with an estimated fortune in the Sunday Times Rich List of £350 million. He owns Thorpe Park and Alton Towers which he leases to Merlin Entertainment.
The son of a father who was a jeweller and part-time art historian, his parents divorced when he was nine. His mother subsequently worked full-time so that Leslau could be educated at a preparatory school in Hampstead, and at Mill Hill School. Leslau left the University of Warwick where he was studying German, to study surveying.
After meeting Sam Rosen, Leslau joined the ground rent company of commodities traders Burford Group. He became a chartered surveyor with Burford, rising to junior partner in 1982. At 23, Leslau became Chief Executive and, wanting to move further into property, contacted Nigel Wray to engineer a reverse takeover of Wray's listed company Chartsearch in 1986 for £8 million. They expanded the company into a £1 billion enterprise, buying large parts of Oxford Street and the Trocadero centre. However, a poor deal with Sega in the creation of SegaWorld as an anchor tenant meant the company went through some difficult times.
In 1997, Leslau and Wray set up their own small property company Maybeat Limited, which they merged into one of Michael Edelson's Alternative Investment Market listed shell companies called Prestbury Group plc.
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