Britain’s richest gypsy Alfie Best is my boss and it’s not always easy… here’s what he’s REALLY like to work for
ALFIE Best is Britain’s richest gypsy with a net worth of £740MILLION.
His astonishing wealth is fuelled by his residential park homes empire Wyldecrest Parks, which made £32MILLION in profits last year alone.
And with a personalised £4.5million Aston Martin helicopter and his own football club making up his astonishing portfolio belt – the multimillionaire is no average boss.
His staff told The Sun what it’s REALLY like working for Alfie.
While it isn’t always “easy”, working for him is never boring.
Wyldcrest Parks’ assistant director of planning John Preston said: “I find that there’s few dull moments. I’ve worked for Alfie for over for years now.
“His background is very important. He’s very rich, he’s very clever – and he’s got a gypsy background and is rightly proud of it.
“Sometimes one or more of those factors mean people don’t like him.
“I think maybe people who don’t like him haven’t actually met him.
“He created a business which has gone from one caravan park to over 100.
“He’s a workaholic without a doubt.”
Meanwhile, 25-year-old Henry Grimble works at Wyldecrest Park’s Lakeside site.
The “boots-on-the-ground” worker – who moonlights as an MMA fighter – has recalled his experiences working for the gypsy mogul.
He told The Sun: “I’ve been developing the Lakeside site from the ground up.
“It was a baron field before Alfie got to it.”
He said working for Alfie is “great”.
“It’s very impressive how even though Alfie has so much on – over 100 parks – and each of those parks could have ten or 15 queries he needs to deal with himself, he’ll still find time to check in with me and see what I’m doing,” Henry added.
“If there’s a way he wants something to be done, he’ll ask me to do it that way.
“But if I think my idea is better, he has the lack of ego to say ‘yeah that idea is better’.
“It’s not what he says is law. That makes the jobs easier.”
Wyldecrest Parks netted £32MILLION in profits last year alone – up from £29m last year.
And if all goes to plan, Alfie himself will be crowned the world’s first gypsy billionaire as early as next year.
Sun reporter Jemma was offered a peek into a normal day in Alfie Best’s high-flying life.
The day began in his £6million Surrey mansion, where his well-heeled neighbours include an Arab sheikh and Queen rock star Brian May.
Multimillionaire Alfie starts at 6am – with a simple cup of coffee before work kicks off bang on 7am.
And his hustle doesn’t stop, with Alfie working late into the night.
Most baffling of all, he doesn’t stop for breakfast, lunch nor dinner – only breaking his fast with a late-night meal before bed.
He jets between parks on his personalised helicopter – designed by James Bond’s favourite car company, Aston Martin.
In true Alfie form, he even crowned it with the registration G-YPSE which is emblazoned on the fuselage.
But Alfie did not start off with millions.
He was brought up on the living in a caravan on a lay-by with an outdoor camp fire as a stove. But his childhood was happy, he shares.
Alfie’s company now owns over 100 residential parks country-wide. The properties hit the market for as little as £15k.
The millionaire’s ethos is simple – he wants to offer affordable homes for as many people as he can.
He says: “What we do as a company is ground-breaking . What we’re doing is creating better lives for people. Do we get it right all the time? No.
“Are we pleasing every one of our clients? No.
“But if I can please 90 per cent-plus then I’m happy with that.
“Park home living isn’t for everybody. But I feel like I’ve been blessed with something that can genuinely change people’s lives. And we are changing lives – 16,000 residents can’t be wrong.”