Sir charles clore biography

Sir Charles Clore (26 December 1904 – 26 July 1979) was a British financier, retail and property magnate, and philanthropist.

Sir charles clore biography

Biography

Clore was of Lithuanian Jewish background, the son of Israel Clore, a Whitechapel tailor who had emigrated to London, and later to Israel.^[5][6] Clore moved to Birmingham and went to Montgomery Street School.^[7] He worked at his father's textile business but then moved to South Africa at the age of 20.^[8]

Clore first made money buying and selling South African film rights to a fight between Gene Tunney and Jack Dempsey in 1926.

In 1930 he bought Cricklewood ice rink^[6] but sold this to acquire the Prince of Wales Theatre near Leicester Square.^[8][9] He also invested in Lyndenburg Estates, a South African gold mining company.

In 1939, he led a syndicate to acquire London Casino.^[10]

After the war, he made more acquisitions, including a shareholdi