My last post made me think about her brother Nick, I just googled him to find out what he’s up to these days. Turns out he lives in Barcelona just like her Dad, he currently works for Winreit S.L and used to work for Wingate Investment, both companies are based in Barcelona. This made me think that those might be family businesses !
I did some research (please bear in mind English is not my first language, French is, so sorry if what I’m saying is not a 100 % clear) both companies are owned by a Mr. Jaffrey
*. Now I’m
not saying that he is related to Annie, he
might just happen to have the same family name, but whoever Mr. Jaffrey
* is he is loaded!
Now if you did find Mr. Jaffreys full name
*, it’ll get you access to some really juicy information about a legal case that shows how freaking rich he is!
“
[Plaintiff] had seen him make payments of very large amounts of money. He bought his home in New Jersey for cash, for $9 million. He had a number of cars, including Bentleys.”
JUST, AGAIN, WANTING TO MAKE CLEAR THAT I AM I NO WAY SAYING THAT MR. JAFFREY IS RELATED TO ANNIE IN ANY WAY.
In case you’re wondering what Mr. Jaffrey
* or at least Nick Jaffrey does for a living (Nick posted this):
«
The Company’s objective is to maximize shareholders’ returns and pay out dividends by investing in the securities of property companies (mainly REITs) and property related businesses in Europe. The company can also investment in properties located in Europe either directly or through JV’s and/or non-listed funds. »
Now that description might have caught your attention with that whole Pandora Papers thing happening ! Mr. Jaffreys name was indeed mentioned in another leak called the Paradise Papers (2017), he is linked to 6 offshore companies registered in the Bahamas :
In case you don’t know about the “Paradise Papers“ :
“
The Paradise Papers are a huge leak of financial documents that throw light on the top end of the world of offshore finance. A number of stories are appearing in a week-long expose of how politicians, multinationals, celebrities and high-net-worth individuals use complex structures to protect their cash from higher taxes. »
* I’m not going to write down Mr. Jaffreys full name because I remember Annie making legal threats when the whole fruit fest drama happened and I’m way too poor for that sh*t, but honestly if I found it you can too !
That's seriously hilarious, that's totally based on her daughter's life. Well, if Annie talks about it herself i'm sure she isn't embarrassed, if anything I hope she's proud. It's not easy to write novel. Did you read it? I kind of want to read it now. Is it on goodreads? I want to see the reviews.
I didn’t read it, but it has been translated in French, German, Spanish ... I always thought this only happens to successful books which doesn’t seem to apply here. Maybe she paid to be published. I any case she probably realized a lifelong dream so good on her!