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David Reuben

Net worth $13.2B

Investments, real estate · United Kingdom

Born
Sep 01, 1938
Age
87
Source
Investments, real estate
Residence
London
Citizenship
United Kingdom
Marital status
Married
Children
1
Education

Net worth over time

Biography

  • Brothers David and Simon Reuben built a fortune in real estate and technology.
  • In 2016, they sold 49% of their data center business, GlobalSwitch, to a consortium of Chinese investors for nearly $3 billion.
  • They sold a further 25% of the business in 2018 to a consortium of Asian institutional and private investors for $2.7 billion.
  • The brothers were born in Mumbai and raised in the U.K., where David started off trading metals and Simon imported carpets and bought real estate.
  • The Reuben family owns an estimated 14% of Premier League's Newcastle United F.C. David's son Jamie serves as a director for the football club.
  • Their firm Transworld, a metals trader, invested in Russia and Kazakhstan in the 1990s and was active in trading aluminum.
  • David Reuben resides part time in Monaco and Florida.