Richard Farleigh

Profile

Born in Kyabram, Victoria, Australia, Farleigh had a tough upbringing, as the son of an alcoholic sheep shearer with a large family of 11 children. He was sent to a foster home at the age of three and was described as ‘backward’ by one of his early teachers.

1999 saw Farleigh invest 2m in the renovation of the old French Embassy mansion in London’s Portman Square, turning it into the private members club Home House.

In 2005, he published a guide to personal investing entitled Taming the Lion: 100 Secret Strategies for Investing (ISBN 1-897597-62-2). Farleigh plays chess as a hobby, and is an internationally-ranked player who has represented Bermuda and Monaco at the Chess Olympics.

Farleigh was selected in 2006 to appear as an investor on the British version of the business-related game show Dragons’ Den for the show’s third series. Farleigh said he would be seeking further investments through the show, saying he was looking to “hopefully uncover the next big thing”. His appearances on the show echo those of former dragon Doug Richard in standing out by always trying to offer constructive advice to contestants, even when not interested in investing, as opposed to negative comments often offered by some of his fellow dragons. He gradually became a popular dragon on the show, mainly due to the fact he was arguably the one dragon who made the most offers compared with the other dragons throughout his time on the show.

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100 Secret Strategis for Succesful Investing

Matt says -Interesting book. It starts off giving some background into Richard’s life and how he got to where he is today.  It doesn’t really give you any “how to’s” but more guidelines about the mentality of investing.  If you read between the lines enough then you get some great tips on how the guys at the top go about investing.

To sum up –Very enjoyable, easy to read with some good info.

Category – Business, Mindset,