The Times Online Interview
YOU have got to admire a man who begins a chapter in his autobiography thus: “Several months after the trauma of seeing my best friend John and my wife Beryl having sex in my swimming pool …”
Business on Sunday: Money & Media – The Blues
David Gold, chairman of Birmingham City FC and the man behind Ann Summers and Knickerbox, has seen £4m wiped off his personal investment portfolio during the credit crunch. Talking to ‘The Independent on Sunday’, the former owner of the ‘Sport’ newspaper group also reveals plans to open 12 Ann Summers stores in Spain. If you …
Business XL Article: Luck Fear and Fortune
David Gold reckons a mixture of luck and fear is what has propelled him to a £500 million fortune. But a canny ability to exploit opportunities and a singular aversion to debt has also played its part. If you want to be as wise when it comes to business and finances, you can ask advice …
Nothing is forever, says the one-time bricklayer with the Midas touch
“THE businessman in me was saying sell. The boy inside me was saying are you sure?” David Gold freely admits that the sale of Gold Air, the aircraft chartering business, to Aim-listed Air Partner has left him with mixed emotions.
Industry Now Interview
I’ve always wanted to own a football club,- confessed David Gold. “I’m a frustrated player, because I missed out as a young man. I lived across the road from West Ham and with a bit of luck I would have been a professional footballer.”
Growing Business – Issue 45
David Gold oozes success – and not just out of his initialised diamond cufflinks. Of humble East End beginnings, he’s accumulated a £500m fortune, has a fleet of private jets, co-owns a newspaper, is the chairman of a Premiership football club and recently bought the oldest existing FA Cup for a cool half million. At …
They say that 60 seconds is a long time in football, try telling that to David Gold.
They say that 60 seconds is a long time in football, try telling that to David Gold. When Stan Laziridis rolled the ball agonisingly across the Preston North End goalmouth, his club, Birmingham City, were just one minute away from a Play-Off Final against Bolton Wanderers and the very real chance of going to the …
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Gianfranco Zola must decide his fate says David Gold
David Gold insists West Ham want manager Gianfranco Zola to stay, despite speculation he may quit.
Drop will hit harder than doodlebug
DAVID GOLD’S first memory from a lifetime following West Ham was when a German doodlebug exploded at Upton Park and closed the ground for six months
Gold:Hammers will beat drop
DAVID GOLD believes Gianfranco Zola can still guide West Ham to Premier League safety. The Hammers co-owner watched in disbelief last night as Zola’s men crashed to a 3-1 defeat against Wolves at Upton Park.