Spreadbetting founder who missed a trick

 
24 May 2013

It could have been worse for David Cameron. IG spreadbetting founder Stuart Wheeler writes in The Spectator about the small fortune he missed out on when he sold his company shares.

“The shares shot up to 15 times what I sold them for,” he says. “If I’d held on to them I wouldn’t have bothered to take on the job of being treasurer of Ukip. I’d have given the party £5 or £10 million without noticing it.”

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