Amanda Staveley

Quick Facts

Full Name	Amanda Staveley
Occupation	Businessperson
Date Of Birth	Apr 11, 1973(1973-04-11)
Age	51
Birthplace	Ripon
Country	United Kingdom
Horoscope	Aries

Amanda Staveley Biography

Amanda Staveley is one of the most popular and richest Businessperson who was born on April 11, 1973 in Ripon, United Kingdom. Amanda Louise Staveley (born 11 April 1973 in Ripon, North Yorkshire, England) is a British businesswoman, primarily known for her relationships to Middle Eastern investors.

Staveley ended Stocks and then in 2000, he established Q.ton the PS10 million conference center and facility that was built through a joint venture Trinity College, Cambridge on Cambridge Science Park. Some of the investors who invested who invested in Q.ton could include the King Abdullah from Jordan.

Also in 2008 Staveley fronted a bid by the Qatar Investment Authority to buy the Trillium facilities management business from the Land Securities property group, an offer reportedly totaling £1.1 billion. The bid in the end came to nothing and Trillium was sold to Telereal for £750 million in January 2009.

These contacts brought Staveley to a new level of prominence at the end of 2008 with the investment of Middle Eastern funds in Barclays as the bank sought to recapitalise by raising money privately rather than accept a bail- out from the British government following the financial crisis of that year. Roger Jenkins, reputedly the highest-paid banker in the City, was responsible for delivering Qatari involvement in the deal, while Staveley advised Sheikh Mansour on his £3.5 billion investment, for which he gained control of 16 per cent of the bank. Staveley earned a fee of £30 million for her role in the transaction. In 2010, The Daily Telegraph reported that Mansour’s disposal of his stake in Barclays had made him a profit of about £2.25 billion.

In 2000, Staveley sold an equity stake of 49 percent within Q.ton to the company that operates telecoms EuroTelecom at a price of PS2million. Staveley joined EuroTelecom as an executive director who was not a non-executive. Then, a few months later EuroTelecom ended its business during the downfall during the dotcom bubble. It was said that Q.ton had a debt of EuroTelecom an amount of PS835,000. Staveley had agreed to purchase the stake back from the company but for the cash not to come through. Staveley denied that he had agreed to any payments , and appointed Kroll Inc. to investigate the board members. EuroTelecom board.

Amanda Staveley Net Worth

Amanda Staveley is one of the richest Businessperson from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Amanda Staveley 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

In the dining establishment, she came to meet members of the Newmarket racing scene, and in particular those from the Godolphin Racing stables owned by the Al Maktoum family of Dubai and also people associated with Cambridge’s high- tech companies. In the late 1990s, she began dealing in shares, and then became an active angel investor, particularly in dot.com companies and biotech companies like Futura Medical.

In 1996 at the age of 22 and with no formal training Staveley borrowed PS180,000 from a friend and purchased the restaurant, Stocks which is located in Bottisham located between Cambridge between Cambridge and Newmarket.

Staveley initially hit the tabloid headlines after dating Prince Andrew, Duke of York, in 2003. In 2011 she married Iranian-born Mehrdad Ghodoussi.

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Who is Amanda Staveley Dating?

According to our records, Amanda Staveley married to Mehrdad Ghodoussi. As of December 1, 2023, Amanda Staveley’s is not dating anyone.

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Later that year Staveley was involved in an attempt to help finance the $13.5 billion sale of Barclays Global Investors to the US firm BlackRock, offering $2.8 billion of funding in return for a shareholding of 10 per cent, an amount that reportedly included a commitment of Staveley’s own money. In June 2009, with details being finalised, Blackrock pulled out of the deal. Press reports at the time suggested that BlackRock had sought further clarification of the identity of the investors behind the special purpose vehicle created by PCP Capital Partners to handle the offer, although alternative reports claimed that they had always been aware of the conditions of the deal. In the end BlackRock funded its purchase of BGI from other sources.

Facts & Trivia

Amanda Ranked on the list of most popular Businessperson. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. Amanda Staveley celebrates birthday on April 11 of every year.

On 20 November 2017, Staveley submitted a failed bid in the region of £300 million to buy Newcastle United, but interest appeared to have been revived by April 2020.

Does Amanda Staveley have a disability?

In 2013, she was diagnosed with Huntington’s disease. Staveley lives in Dubai and has a house in London’s Park Lane.

Does Amanda Staveley have a child?

In 2011, Amanda married financier Mehrdad Ghodoussi. They have one son: Alexander (4) – the apple of his Mother’s eye.

How did Amanda Staveley meet her husband?

THE MEETING PLACE A year later, Andrew, then a UK trade ambassador, went to the science park with King Abdullah of Jordan, one of its many investors, and met Staveley for the first time. Immediately besotted by her beauty and intelligence, Andrew took her number and they began dating.

What is Amanda Staveley role at Newcastle?

Amanda Staveley has now agreed a new deal with the Saudi Arabia PIF, who are the controlling majority shareholders at St James’ Park. When the Newcastle United takeover eventually took place on 7 October 2021, the businesswoman took a 10% stake in the club as part of the new ownership.

Who is Amanda Staveley married to?

Mehrdad Ghodoussi