Joe Lewis – Billionaire

Joe Lewis continues to expand his vision for his Lake Nona development near Orlando, one of the fastest growing communities in the USA. In January 2017, the U.S. Tennis Association opened its new $63 million campus, with 100 courts and a dormitory, on the site. That same month accounting firm KPMG announced a new $430 million training and conference center to be built at Lake Nona. Major League Soccer’s Orlando City SC is building a new 23-acre training facility at Lake Nona, set to be complete in 2018. His Tavistock investment firm paid $165 million in December 2016 for the Hyatt Regency Pier Sixty-Six in Fort Lauderdale. Lewis also owns London Premiere League soccer team Tottenham Hotspur and has a stake in UK’s largest pub operator, Mitchell’s & Butlers plc, and a variety of other investments including luxury club resort Albany, restaurants, hotels, and even an Australian agriculture firm.

Joseph Lewis net worth: Joseph Lewis is a British businessman who has a net worth of $5.7 billion dollars. Born in Bow, London, England, Joseph Lewis began working for his father’s catering business when he was fifteen. He dropped out of school in order to help support his family. He subsequently took over his father’s catering business, and expanded it to include luxury goods and nightclub ownership. In the late 70s, he sold it for a substantial profit. He then became involved in currency trading, and relocated to the Bahamas to live tax-free. He is the primary investor in the Tavistock Group, an umbrella entity which owns over 200 companies spread out over fifteen countries, including sports teams, energy companies, restaurants, private luxury properties, resorts, factories, and even a hospital. He is also an avid art collector, and owns works by Picasso, Matisse, Francis Bacon, and Henry Moore, among other major artists.