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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Helena Smith in Athens and agency

Asil Nadir, Polly Peck tycoon turned fugitive, dies aged 83

Asil Nadir smiles outside court.
Asil Nadir smiles as he leaves the Old Bailey in October 2010. Photograph: Stefan Wermuth/Reuters

Asil Nadir, the Turkish Cypriot who built Polly Peck International, once Britain’s fastest-growing company, before going on the run after it was discovered he had stolen millions from the conglomerate, has died. He was 83.

Tributes poured in on Monday in the Turkish-held north of Cyprus, where the one-time fugitive businessman was regarded as a hero and for many years had lived in exile and isolation.

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