In January 2017, new mass protests have started in El Bolson against this project. It is suggested that the Hidden Lake property is needed to supply water and (hydraulic) energy to this new property, dubbed the private state in Patagonia. This low price was secured by using the name of a local 'poblador' on the deed, after which it was transferred to him. The property was bought for 69 pesos per hectare, currently about US$4. He is currently planning to use a huge protected area, four times the size of the city of Buenos Aires, for another private development, against the wishes of the locals. Lewis' frontman Van Ditmer stated: 'We are going to defend the private property with the Winchester in the hands with blood if needed'.

In 2009 Lewis was ordered by the Superior Tribunal de Justicia (STJ) to create and keep access to the lake, with 'sufficient signage and to keep it transitable', but the ruling has not been enforced. The Argentine law asserts that every water course is public and of free access. Since Lewis bought a property in Río Negro Province, Argentina, public access to Escondido lake has been under discussion. Lewis seeded Lake Nona, covering 7,000 acres next to Orlando's international airport, with $100 million in gifts and land which was cultivated into a large-scale community offering research and educational facilities, hospitals for veterans and children, a town center, and a range of workspaces and residential options. In September 1992, Lewis bet on the pound's crashing out of the European Exchange Rate Mechanism, the event, was dubbed Black Wednesday. Currency trading Īfter selling the family business in the late 1970s, Lewis moved into currency trading in the 1980s and 1990s, resulting in his move to the Bahamas where he is now a tax exile. He later sold the business in 1979 to make his initial wealth. When he took the reins, he quickly expanded it by selling luxury goods to American tourists, and also owned West End club the Hanover Grand, where he gave Robert Earl his first job.

Lewis left school at 15 to help run his father's West End catering business, Tavistock Banqueting. Lewis was born to a Jewish family above a public house in Roman Road, Bow, London. Īccording to the Sunday Times Rich List in 2023, Lewis has a net worth of £5.096 billion, an increase of £811 million from 2022. The Trust is managed by two independent professional trustees on behalf of its beneficiaries. Majority ownership was passed to the Lewis Family Trust in October 2022. He was previously the majority owner of ENIC Group, which is also the majority owner of Tottenham Hotspur Football Club, between 1991 until October 2022. Lewis (born 5 February 1937) is a British businessman, investor, and philanthropist who holds a number of assets mainly through his Tavistock Group investment portfolio.

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