The business began benefiting from the appeal of the Isle of Wight among those living on the mainland and clients included press baron Lord Beaverbrook.
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By the time he entered public consciousness with Updown Court, Allen-Vercoe owned 42 private companies in the UK, flew a Jet Ranger helicopter, had assets including forests in Russia, coal mines in Ukraine, land in Latvia and Lithuania and estimated that his net worth was 'safely in excess of £50 million', despite not appearing on any of the many Rich Lists published each year.
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