Donald Mackenzie has all the trappings of a wealthy financier. He has a collection of luxury properties, including a grade I listed mansion in Dorset with a shooting range, a grand home in Hampshire and a residence in Kensington, west London. Then there is the 52-metre superyacht and a garage packed with racing cars.
But now, for the first time, it has become possible to put a formal value on the riches of this Scottish accountant. That is because CVC Capital Partners, the private equity house that he helped to found four decades ago, pulled off a €14 billion float on the Amsterdam stock market last week.
The publicly shy investment genius cashed an estimated €192 million after selling off shares leaving him a 5.5
