He owns a lot of hotels, he was aiming for 150 in total and in summer of 2011 had 40odd...
And of course his football club. Well, our football club.
"The Akkeron group was set up to capitalise on current market conditions" - Brent's own words.
Market conditions...in our case, being shafted by Stapes et al. In the case of the hotel and services industry in this country, being shafted by mobs like Brent's former employers, Citibank.
He also has an interest in a lot of NHS sites, him becoming chairman of the Royal Devon & Exeter NHS Foundation Trust was no surprise, and he's even more into his agriculture (the aim two years ago was to own 250000acres of agricultural land)