Asil Nadir and the Rise and Fall of Polly Peck
Details:
- Author(s) Barchard, David
- Publication type Monograph
- Year published 1992
- Pages 288pp
- Publisher Gollancz
- Place Published London
Topics:
- Name Crime & misdemeanour inc fraud, theft & sharp practice
- Name Business/Industry failure, decline, lack of success, etc: collapse of businesses
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Library:
- Name British Library
- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode NW1 2DB
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Notes:
Written by a 'Financial Times' journalist. Chronicles the life and business career of Nadir, focusing strongly on his business career in Britain, from his involvement in Wearwell in the 1970s to Polly Peck to the early 1990s and the investigations into its failure which at that time were still not concluded. Has chapters: 'Tuesday, 7 August 1990'; 'A Cyprus childhood'; 'Istanbul and London'; 'The turquoise millionaire'; 'The 1980 takeover'; 'Free fall'; 'The grand agenda'; 'The long haul back'; 'Upheavals and acquisitions'; 'The Turkish empire'; 'A fatal error'; 'On the brink'; 'Into administration'; 'An indomitable spirit'. Touches on Wearwell Ltd and Cornell Dresses Ltd which Polly Peck acquired. Also much about the firm's business interests in Cyprus and Turkey