億万長者 投資家 Joe 'The Boxer' 吊りくさび 直面するing losses of $1bn in 耐える Stearns 危機

By NIALL FIRTH

Last updated at 11:21 18 March 2008


億万長者 投資家 Joe 吊りくさび is 直面するing $1bn losses after 耐える Stearns 引き継ぎ／買収. The Bahamas-based British 投資家 is one of the world's richest men

He is stupendously rich, lives a life of 高級な in the Bahamas and has made a 指名する for himself 投資するing in risky bets, which almost invariably 逮捕する him a fortune.

But last night, the 億万長者 投資家 Joe 吊りくさび, who 支配（する）／統制するs Tottenham Hotspur football club and is one of the world's richest men, was left 直面するing losses of の近くに to $1bn after taking a terrific 攻撃する，衝突する in the 最近の credit 危機.

愛称d 'the Boxer', both for his no-nonsense approach and in honour of the world heavyweight 支持する／優勝者 of the same 指名する, 吊りくさび bought a 9.6 per cent 火刑／賭ける in struggling bank 耐える Stearns last year.

Believing at the time that he was getting the 株 on the cheap and that the sub-prime 危機 had 底（に届く）d out it now looks as though the famous 投資家's luck has finally run out.

If rumours that he sold his 火刑／賭ける in the 病んでいる bank on Friday turn out to be 誤った 吊りくさび will have seen his 株 急落する in value from $88.80 per 株 to $3.67 yesterday after the bank was bought by JP Morgan in a $2-a-株 申し込む／申し出.

吊りくさび has lost $981m (£490m) as a result of his 9.36 per cent 火刑／賭ける in the bank.

He is now 試みる／企てるing to 封鎖する the JP Morgan 引き継ぎ／買収 and will 試みる／企てる to てこ入れ／借入資本 support の中で other major 株主s, によれば the Daily Telegraph.

吊りくさび made his fortune と一緒に fellow 投資家 George Soros betting on 英貨の／純銀の's 出口 from the European 交流-率 機械装置 on 黒人／ボイコット Wednesday in 1992.

吊りくさび, who dropped out of school 老年の 15 to work in his father's pub in London's East End, is an 熱心な golfer and a 株主 in London サッカー club Tottenham Hotspur.

He counts gol f professionals Ernie Els and Tiger 支持を得ようと努めるd as 商売／仕事 partners and Sean Connery is a friend and 隣人 in his Bahamas 訴える手段／行楽地.

Forbes magazine last year 概算の that 吊りくさび is the 369th wealthiest person in the world.

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