Asil Nadir and the Rise and Fall of Polly Peck

摘要: Asil Nadir, a Turkish-Cypriot, rose from being small-time trader in London's East End to the glamorous role of head dramatically successful Polly Peck company. In heyday his spectacular advance, Nadir became vastly wealthy, spending millions on country mansions and art treasures, entertaining celebrities across world, as he carried out one coup after another. shares boomed investors' money poured into company's coffers, seized control blue-chip concerns like Del Monte fruit giant America, Japan's prestige Sansui electronics manufacturer. Then it all started go wrong. Doubts were expressed about assets, selling began massive scale, finally collapsed Fraud Squad investigators moved in, complex legal case followed. David Barchard, financial journalist, has known for many years lived Turkey, where Nadir's power-base remains. Here charts rise fall, aided by interviews with key witnesses.