At last count in 1988 my portfolio was worth around £2.2m. I know that because I parted with my wife that year and, because we didn't want to quarrel, I gave her my properties while I took the shares. Then a few years later Levitt was arrested and my portfolio turned out to be worthless – so I went from having been worth £4.6m before my divorce to zero. I had to start all over again and I worked my butt off writing five books in five years to make my second fortune.
Read the rest of Frederick Forsyth's story here.
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