Safi Qurashi is the shopkeeper’s son from South London who bought Britain - an island shaped like the U.K. off the coast of Dubai. Words Anna Gizowska

Safi Qurashi is fast becoming as rich and famous as the celebrities he meets. He’s bumped into Beckham, Brad Pitt and George Clooney, rubbed shoulders with royalty, watched Lionel Richie eat lunch and listened to Enrique Iglesias sing. He sees Jim Davidson and Chris Eubanks every day. Not by choice - they live near his office.

Safi Qurashi is the shopkeeper’s son from South London who bought Britain - an island shaped like the U.K. off the coast of Dubai. Words Anna Gizowska

Safi Qurashi is fast becoming as rich and famous as the celebrities he meets. He’s bumped into Beckham, Brad Pitt and George Clooney, rubbed shoulders with royalty, watched Lionel Richie eat lunch and listened to Enrique Iglesias sing. He sees Jim Davidson and Chris Eubanks every day. Not by choice - they live near his office.

 

Words: Anna Gizowska

Photo: Russ Kientsch 

Read the full article in our June 2009 issue.