Birmingham-born Kevin Cash began his business career selling frozen foods. Now he is one of the most influential figures in the London property market.

He was brought up in Birmingham, eldest son of company director Barry Cash and his teacher wife, Sheila. Aged 49, he has been married four times. His second wife was model and close friend of Simon Cowell, Jackie St Clair.

He is now married to South African model Carla Le Reservee. They married in South Africa early in 2011.

They celebrated their wedding by raising money to rebuild a school in rural Kenya through the Build Africa charity. He and Durban-born Carla have a son, James. Kevin Cash also has a son, Sam, from his first marriage to Moroccan graduate of Montreal University Nabila Benbrahim.

He made his fortune by buying up prime London properties and he was a millionaire before he was 30.

He set up the Bluestar property group which buys and sells London residencies, and he manages property portfolios for some of the UK’s richest celebrities and businessmen. His companies manage property which includes exclusive homes in Mayfair, Miami and Marbella.

He has other business interests – including internet and communications firms – and his family trusts own property in the UK and South Africa as well as student properties in Lincoln.

He lives in the imposing Jacobean North Aston Hall near Bicester in Oxfordshire on a £16 million estate, and also has a house in Regent’s Park.