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David Gold (born: 15th January 1937) (age 72) is an English
England

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 businessman. In 2005, David wrote his autobiography Pure Gold with professional co-writer Bob Harris. This dwells on his early childhood poverty, ascent as a pornographer, and involvement with Birmingham City F.C.
Birmingham City F.C.

Birmingham City Football Club is a professional association football club based in the city of Birmingham, England. Formed in 1875 as Small Heath Alliance, they became Small Heath in 1888, Birmingham F.C. in 1905, finally becoming Birmingham City F.C....
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Businesses
David owns Gold Group International(GGI), the parent company of the retailer Ann Summers
Ann Summers

Ann Summers is a United Kingdom chain of High street sex shops.As an unlicensed sex shop under British law, it means only a small proportion of the available product lines can be sex toys and the range of pornography sold is strictly limited in both volume and content....
, lingerie chain Knickerbox, and owns or formerly owned pornographic magazine
Pornographic magazine

Pornographic magazines, sometimes known as adult magazines, sex magazines, top-shelf magazines, blue books, or stick mags are magazines that contain content of a sexual nature, typically regarded as pornography....
 company Gold Star, printing and distribution businesses and until 2006, corporate air service Gold Air International.






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David Gold (born: 15th January 1937) (age 72) is an English
England

native_name =|conventional_long_name = England|common_name = England|image_flag = Flag of England.svg|image_coat = England COA.svg|symbol_type = Royal Coat of Arms...
 businessman. In 2005, David wrote his autobiography Pure Gold with professional co-writer Bob Harris. This dwells on his early childhood poverty, ascent as a pornographer, and involvement with Birmingham City F.C.
Birmingham City F.C.

Birmingham City Football Club is a professional association football club based in the city of Birmingham, England. Formed in 1875 as Small Heath Alliance, they became Small Heath in 1888, Birmingham F.C. in 1905, finally becoming Birmingham City F.C....
.

Businesses


David owns Gold Group International(GGI), the parent company of the retailer Ann Summers
Ann Summers

Ann Summers is a United Kingdom chain of High street sex shops.As an unlicensed sex shop under British law, it means only a small proportion of the available product lines can be sex toys and the range of pornography sold is strictly limited in both volume and content....
, lingerie chain Knickerbox, and owns or formerly owned pornographic magazine
Pornographic magazine

Pornographic magazines, sometimes known as adult magazines, sex magazines, top-shelf magazines, blue books, or stick mags are magazines that contain content of a sexual nature, typically regarded as pornography....
 company Gold Star, printing and distribution businesses and until 2006, corporate air service Gold Air International. GGI used to be jointly owned by David and his brother Ralph, until David bought out Ralph's share in 2008.

The brothers in 2007 sold their share in Sport Newspapers, following falling sales and profits. He has also sold his charter airline, Gold Air. His daughter Jacqueline Gold
Jacqueline Gold

Jacqueline Gold is a United Kingdom business woman, currently Chief Executive of the Gold Group International companies Ann Summers and Knickerbox....
 is chief executive of Ann Summers and Knickerbox.

Football clubs


Gold is the chairman of Birmingham City F.C.
Birmingham City F.C.

Birmingham City Football Club is a professional association football club based in the city of Birmingham, England. Formed in 1875 as Small Heath Alliance, they became Small Heath in 1888, Birmingham F.C. in 1905, finally becoming Birmingham City F.C....
, though he is not to be confused with David Sullivan
David Sullivan

David Sullivan is a British porn baron and newspaper proprietor. He graduated in Economics from Queen Mary, University of London. Since 1986 he has been the owner of the Daily Sport and Sunday Sport....
, who is chairman of the club's parent company. In 2007 the Gold brothers were believed to be in the process of selling their share in Birmingham City F.C.
Birmingham City F.C.

Birmingham City Football Club is a professional association football club based in the city of Birmingham, England. Formed in 1875 as Small Heath Alliance, they became Small Heath in 1888, Birmingham F.C. in 1905, finally becoming Birmingham City F.C....
, which followed Birmingham's return from relegation and lower than expected profits. After the club were relegated once again to the Championship
Football League Championship

The Football League Championship is the highest division of The Football League and second-highest division overall in the English football league system after the Premier League....
 in May 2008, Gold was quoted as saying he was considering stepping down from the joint head of the board of Birmingham City.

In May 2005, David Gold bought the second FA Cup
FA Cup

The Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup, is a Single-elimination tournament cup competition in Football in England, run by and named after The Football Association....
 trophy at auction for £420,000 (£478,400 after fees), saying he wanted to prevent it being bought by overseas buyers.

Sunday Times Rich List ranking


The family dropped 51 places to 184th, with their fortune dropping £100m to £450m in the 2008 list. Previously they were valued at £550m and ranked 133rd in the Sunday Times
The Sunday Times (UK)

The Sunday Times is a Sunday broadsheet newspaper distributed in the United Kingdom. There is also a Republic of Ireland edition; contrary to a popular misconception, the Irish edition of the Sunday Times is not linked to The Irish Times newspaper, which is published Monday to Saturday in Dublin....
 Rich List 2007
Sunday Times Rich List 2007

The Sunday Times Rich List 2007 was published on 29 April 2007. The online edition was published on 30 April 2007.Since 1989 the United Kingdom national Sunday newspaper The Sunday Times has published an annual magazine supplement to the newspaper called the Sunday Times Rich List....
. Dropping from 119th, with a value of £525m in the Sunday Times
The Sunday Times (UK)

The Sunday Times is a Sunday broadsheet newspaper distributed in the United Kingdom. There is also a Republic of Ireland edition; contrary to a popular misconception, the Irish edition of the Sunday Times is not linked to The Irish Times newspaper, which is published Monday to Saturday in Dublin....
 Rich List 2006. Previous rankings were 82nd - value £370m in 2001, 72nd - value £410m in 2002, 67th - value £465m in 2003, 79th - value £495m in 2004 and 92nd - value £515m in 2005.

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