Robert Tchenguiz

Quick Facts

Full Name	Robert Tchenguiz
Occupation	Businessperson
Date Of Birth	Sep 9, 1960(1960-09-09)
Age	64
Birthplace	Tehran
Country	Iran
Birth City	Tehran Province
Horoscope	Virgo

Robert Tchenguiz Biography

Robert Tchenguiz is one of the most popular and richest Businessperson who was born on September 9, 1960 in Tehran, Tehran Province, Iran. Tchenguiz, the son Victor and Violet Khadouri, was born in Tehran (Iran) to an Iraqi-Jewish couple. His family fled Iraq in 1948 to settle in Iran where his father, a jeweler and head of the country’s mint, worked for Shah. He also changed his family’s surname from Khadouri, to Tchenguiz.

He married Heather Bird, his long-term girlfriend; they have two kids. Although they are separated, they still live in separate parts of the same house near the Royal Albert Hall in Kensington. Julia Dybowska, his girlfriend, also lives in this house. Tchenguiz threatened legal action against BBC in May 2018. He also appointed James Henderson, former CEO of Bell Pottinger, as his PR advisor.

However, by October 2008, under pressure from Kaupthing Bank, which had backed many of Tchenguiz’s investments, he was forced to sell off holdings in M&B, Sainsbury’s, SCi Entertainment and other businesses, incurring substantial losses estimated at over £800m. And in February 2009, Kaupthing announced it was suing Oscatello Investments, a British Virgin Islands-based holding company controlled by Tchenguiz, in relation to an unpaid overdraft of £643m. In May 2009, Kaupthing followed up with a £180m claim against Tchenguiz for proceeds from the sale of Somerfield – eventually settled in June 2010 with the Tchenguiz Discretionary Trust surrendering control of £137m to Kaupthing’s administrators. Meanwhile, in April 2009, Tchenguiz’s Globe Pub Company faced administration after defaulting on a loan payment; the chain’s 421 outlets were bought from the receivers by Heineken in October 2009.

In the wake of the collapse of Kaupthing Bank, Robert Tchenguiz was suspected of fraudulent dealings and was arrested in a dawn raid in 2011; however, the investigation ended in 2012 with the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) citing “insufficient evidence”, and no indictment was ever brought. In fact, Tchenguiz lost millions of pounds in Kaupthing’s collapse. Robert Tchenguiz sued the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) for false imprisonment and damages to his businesses. Due to mishandling of the inquiry, the court had already ordered the SFO to pay 80% of Robert Tchenguiz’s legal expenses in the matter. In 2014 the SFO settled with Tchenguiz for a sum of £1.5m.

Vivian Imerman and the Tchenguiz brothers supported a 2001 management buyout by distiller Whyte & Mackay. In 2005, they purchased the remaining shares in the company before selling it to India-based United Spirits Limited in 2007. Robert Tchenguiz also submitted a PS310m offer for Shell Mex House in 2001. This 1930s Art Deco building overlooking London’s Thames is located next to London’s Savoy Hotel. In 2003, he attempted to purchase London’s Selfridges, but he later withdrew his offer. He then launched bids to buy both the Pubmaster pub chain as well as the Odeon cinema chain. In 2004, he sold his Pubmaster stake to Punch Taverns and established the Globe Pub Company. He also acquired 364 pubs in a Spirit Group deal of PS345m and also purchased the Laurel Pub Company at PS150m. He bought Yates’s high-street bar group for PS200m and spent PS80m on 98 pubs at the SFI Group. This group operated the Lettuce and Slug chains. He was also part of a consortium that targeted the Somerfield supermarket chain in 2005.

Robert Tchenguiz Net Worth

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

Robert Tchenguiz, a British entrepreneur and property investor, activist shareholder, and securities dealer, was born 9 September 1960. He was Vincent’s younger brother and he took on a number of corporate deals during the 2000s, with a particular focus on UK pub and supermarket chains. However, some of his investments fell in value during the financial crisis of 2007-08 that was exacerbated by the collapse Iceland’s Kaupthing Bank, his main financial backer. His brother and businesses were also targeted by a UK Serious Fraud Office inquiry and various law suits.

The family relocated to England in 1979 after the Iranian revolution. Vincent Tchenguiz is his brother. Lisa Tchenguiz was previously married to Gary Davies, a BBC Radio 1 disc jockey. Vivian Imerman, a South African-born Del Monte CEO.

In 2006, he led a consortium targeting the Mitchells & Butlers pub chain, and while the initial bid was rebuffed, Tchenguiz continued to pursue M&B in 2007 only for M&B management to postpone a proposed property joint venture due to a credit crunch heralding the financial crisis of 2007–08. Deteriorating market conditions saw £225m wiped off the value of Tchenguiz’s investments in a single day in November 2007, and by January 2008, collapsed corporate deals and plunging stock market values were reported to have cut the paper value of three Tchenguiz investments (M&B, supermarket chain Sainsbury’s and computer games publisher SCi Entertainment) by over £560m in less than 12 weeks. In March 2008, Tchenguiz’s Laurel Pub Company collapsed into administration, but around 239 of pubs and restaurants were immediately acquired from the administrators in a deal financed by between £50m and £60m of credit provided by Tchenguiz. He continued to build his stake in M&B in May 2008, but was reportedly sitting on a hefty loss as M&B shares, once trading at nearly 900p, had fallen to 344p. In May 2008, Tchenguiz – holding 27% of the company’s shares – got M&B agreement to place property interests into a tax-efficient real estate investment trust once credit market conditions were favourable for refinancing.

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Who is Robert Tchenguiz Dating?

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Also in November 2019, Tchenguiz campaigned to restructure AIM-listed real estate lender Urban Exposure in which his company, R20 Advisory, had built a 12.6% stake. In March 2020, under pressure from Tchenguiz, Urban Exposure was set to break itself up and sell its constituent parts.

Facts & Trivia

Robert Ranked on the list of most popular Businessperson. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Iran. Robert Tchenguiz celebrates birthday on September 9 of every year.

In September 2019, Tchenguiz sold one of his properties, the Quarry House office building in Leeds, to Legal & General for £246m, part of an effort to raise funds to invest in new UK properties.