David Barclay, the investor who amassed a business empire with his twin brother spanning retail, media and some of the world’s most prominent hotels, has died at the age of 86. It was a great journey in everything that we did, the good, the bad, the ugly, his brother Frederick said in a statement. We experienced it from being bombed out of our beds in Coventry to the deals that we made and the ones that got away.
Barclay died unexpectedly after a short illness, the Telegraph reported. That newspaper and other investments, including the five-star Ritz Hotel in London’s Mayfair district, put David and Frederick among the top ranks of the UK’s rich and powerful.
David Barclay, the investor who amassed a business empire with his twin brother spanning retail, media and some of the world’s most prominent hotels, has died at the age of 86.