Nicholas Andrew Cowell (born 7 March 1961) is a

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property developer, co-founder and director of Estate Office Property Consultants, and head of the Cowell Group. He is the brother of

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and half-brother of author Tony Cowell.

Life and career

The brothers grew up in

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in Hertfordshire, next door to

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. In the late 1970s he began work as an estate agency office junior at Garrard Smith & Partners and subsequently bought the company in 1983 with his business partner Adrian Levy. It was later renamed Estate Office Property Consultants, the business was sold many years later in order to focus on the Cowell Group as principal investors. In 2005 he helped launched a £400m property fund in cooperation with property syndicator aAIM attracting investors like Elton John and Rod Stewart. He also has invested in various other ventures outside of the property world including The Bike Shed Motorcycle Club which is a private members club with branches in London and Los Angeles. Nicholas lives in

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with his wife and two children.

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* Living people 1961 births British people of Polish-Jewish descent British music industry executives British real estate businesspeople {{UK-tv-bio-stub