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'''The Tower Limited Company''' is owned by [[Nathan Kirsh]], a billionaire South African property developer, who donated £500,000 to lead Remain campaign [[Britain Stronger in Europe]]. It was the biggest corporate donation to the campaign since February 1.  
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'''The Tower Limited Company''' is owned by [[Nathan Kirsh]], a billionaire South African property developer.  
  
Mr Kirsh, now 84, was ranked 21st on the Sunday Times Rich List with a £4.4bn fortune from his profitable stake in [[Jetro]], the US cash and carry operator. He bought the London skyscraper Tower 42 for the princely sum of £280m back in 2011. <ref>Sarah Gordon, Harriet Agnew, [https://next.ft.com/content/684b41e8-1787-11e6-b197-a4af20d5575e 'Brexit campaigners out-fundraise their Remain rivals', 11 May 2016], ''Financial Times'', accessed 18 May 2016</ref>  
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Kirsh, 84, was ranked 21st on the ''Sunday Times'' Rich List with a £4.4bn fortune from his stake in [[Jetro]], the US cash and carry operator. He bought the London skyscraper Tower 42 for £280m in 2011. <ref>Sarah Gordon, Harriet Agnew, [https://next.ft.com/content/684b41e8-1787-11e6-b197-a4af20d5575e 'Brexit campaigners out-fundraise their Remain rivals', 11 May 2016], ''Financial Times'', accessed 18 May 2016</ref>  
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=='Britain Stronger in Europe' campaign backer==
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In 2016 Kirsh donated £500,000 to the [[Britain Stronger in Europe]] campaign group, which....
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It was the biggest corporate donation to the campaign since 1 February 2016.
  
 
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==Donations==

Revision as of 08:49, 19 May 2016

The Tower Limited Company is owned by Nathan Kirsh, a billionaire South African property developer.

Kirsh, 84, was ranked 21st on the Sunday Times Rich List with a £4.4bn fortune from his stake in Jetro, the US cash and carry operator. He bought the London skyscraper Tower 42 for £280m in 2011. [1]

'Britain Stronger in Europe' campaign backer

In 2016 Kirsh donated £500,000 to the Britain Stronger in Europe campaign group, which....

It was the biggest corporate donation to the campaign since 1 February 2016.

Donations

  • £500,000 to Britain Stronger in Europe, the flag bearing pro-EU campaign [2]

Notes

  1. Sarah Gordon, Harriet Agnew, 'Brexit campaigners out-fundraise their Remain rivals', 11 May 2016, Financial Times, accessed 18 May 2016
  2. Electoral Commission, Grassroots Out Donor Search, accessed 12 May 2016