JOE LEWIS owns Tottenham Hotspur, however you've got in all probability infrequently seen him.
The East Finish-born self-made billionaire hardly ever visits the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium to cheer on Harry Kane and Co, preferring life on a superyacht within the Caribbean to journeys to North London.
Residing largely within the Bahamas on his £112m boat referred to as Aviva III, he additionally has a house subsequent door to Sean Connery's former property and is pals with Tiger Woods.
Through the years, he launched the careers of Planet Hollywood and Onerous Rock founder Robert Earl and 70s pop sensations The Nolans.
And in line with the Forbes wealthy checklist, he has an estimated fortune of a whopping £4.3bn.
Let SunSport take you thru the world of the person nicknamed "The Boxer" due to his sporting namesake.
Who's Joe Lewis?
Joe is true cockney who was born inside the sound of the St. Mary-le-Bow church bells in 1937, which makes him 86-years-old. He's thought to have been raised in a flat above the Roman Arms pub in East London.
Joe Lewis was born inside the sound of the St. Mary-le-Bow church bells
He left faculty at 15 to work in his household's cafe as a waiter, incomes £6 per week.
He later established extra companies in London's West Finish beneath the title Tavistock Banqueting.
Joe opened eating places together with the Northumberland Grand, which was the primary fancy dress-themed eaterie in London aimed toward vacationers.
From there he developed the Beefeater, the Cockney, the Caledonian and the Hanover Grand.
He managed his first tremendous membership referred to as The Speak of the City within the 60s, the place the likes of Frank Sinatra, Diana Ross and Tom Jones carried out.
On the Hanover Grand, Joe granted The Nolans their first ever reside present and he gave Planet Hollywood and Onerous Rock founder Robert Earl his first job.
Joe even delved into the world of vacationer outlets, promoting souvenirs and laying on bus excursions of London for foreigners and dropping them off at his eating places.
He bought the enterprise in 1979 for an unbelievable £30m and moved to the Bahamas as a tax exile.
How he turned his thousands and thousands to billions...
After shifting to Nassau, the capital of the Bahamas, Joe entered the world of forex buying and selling.
It is there he made tens of thousands and thousands, playing on inventory, as he appeared to proceed accumulating his huge wealth.
And it was in September 1992 when he turned a billionaire, thanks partially to 1 shrewd funding on a day referred to as Black Wednesday.
Joe teamed up with investor George Soros believing the Pound was overvalued and would collapse as Britain tried to align it with different Euro international locations.
He wager on the Pound crashing out of the European Change Price Mechanism and because it did he turned a billionaire in a single day.
Joe repeated the trick a few years later betting in opposition to the Mexican peso and landed himself much more dough.
He lives on one of the crucial luxurious boats on the planet...
Nicely, for many months of the 12 months... and it isn't simply any previous boat.
The Aviva III, in-built 2007, is Joe's cellular personal workplace and it is 223ft in dimension with an estimated worth of £112m.
It was crafted by German builders Abeking and Rasmussen and designed by Reymond Langton.
The big yacht can host as much as 16 individuals and in sea trials reached as much as 20 knots (23mph).
Joe is a eager sportsman, with the ship boasting a full-sized tennis court docket.
In Might 2013, Spurs went on a visit to the Bahamas and have been welcomed on board the vessel by host Joe.
Michael Dawson, who was skipper on the time, stated: "I had by no means met him earlier than, so it was good to go over there and an amazing expertise.
“What a very nice man. And that yacht is unreal! However he’s only a regular man.
"You may chat to him about something. He tunes into all of the video games, he loves it.
"We simply sat there chatting. He made us really feel so welcome over there. It was relaxed. A whole lot of team-bonding collectively.
"It helps to have the ability to put a face to the individual investing a lot on this membership he desires to achieve success.
"He’s at all times watching. He is aware of what goes on. He would bear in mind each sport, each little factor."
Joe has pals in excessive locations...
In fact, once you're as rich as Joe you are going to entice the creme de la creme of society.
His finest mate is Tiger Woods, who has referred to as Joe "my enterprise mentor" up to now.
Every year, when he is not injured, Tiger takes half in Joe's Tavistock Cup competitors in Florida.
It is held on two of Joe's developments in Orlando referred to as the Isleworth and Lake Nona.
By the way, when Tiger Woods had his notorious 2009 low-speed automotive accident it was at Joe's Isleworth advanced, the place the golfer has a house.
Joe, who additionally owns property in Argentina and Bulgaria, boasts Ernie Els as one other pal, and the pair are stated to repeatedly dine collectively.
Being mates with golfers offers you the trace that Joe is a eager golfer himself.
He's believed to play off a 14 handicap and has practised with Woods and Els up to now.
He has an epic artwork assortment...
Once you're a rich man, you want hobbies except for golf and enjoyable on yachts.
That is why Joe has an artwork assortment that is the envy of each Premier League proprietor.
Mentioned to be price round £1bn, he owns works by post-expressionists Picasso, Chagall, Matisse, and Miros.
Nonetheless, in 2008 Joe made headline information, no less than within the artwork world, with one extravagant buy.
The businessman splashed £26.3 million on Francis Bacon's Triptych 1974-1977 portray.
And also you'd by no means guess the place he retains all his artwork? Yeah, that is proper.. the work adorn the partitions of his mega yacht.
And now for one thing private...
Joe has been married twice, his first spouse was Esther Browne who he met at his greasy spoon.
She now lives in Eire.
They'd two youngsters, Vivienne and Charlie, earlier than they divorced.
Joe then married his former assistant Jane, nevertheless they have no children.
However earlier than you go pondering life has been all rosy for Joe, he has been touched by loss.
He misplaced his dad to most cancers, so he wished to present one thing again.
Joe arrange a basis to assist fund analysis, and the charity is run by daughter Vivienne.
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