Life After Elle and My [Pounds]20m Charity Bash ; Arki Busson Is One of Britains Richest Men and Ex-Partner of Elle Macpherson. But Here in a Rare Interview He Talks About the Other Side of His Life Helping to Improve the Lives of London Children

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THERE is mention in this weeks Spectator of Arki Busson proposing Woody Allen, Sir Paul McCartney, Henry Kissinger and Henry Kravis for an exclusive private members club.

Writes Taki in his column: He has a show business connection with the mother of his children [Elle Macpherson], hence the clowns Allen and McCartney. He is a zillionaire himself, like Kravis. And hed like Kissinger to write the Arkie [sic] Busson saga one day. Whether its Taki mischief or not, it pushes all the Busson buttons: cosmopolitan, glamour, money, networking, politics.

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Life After Elle and My [Pounds]20m Charity Bash ; Arki Busson Is One of Britains Richest Men and Ex-Partner of Elle Macpherson. But Here in a Rare Interview He Talks About the Other Side of His Life Helping to Improve the Lives of London Children

There is nobody quite like Arki. Later this month, 1,000 guests will gather for his annual fund-raising spectacular at Marlborough House in London. Last year, the dinner for his Ark charity raised a world record [pounds]18 million. This year, when the audience, mostly drawn from Bussons colleagues and rivals in the hedge fund industry, gets revved up for the after-dinner auction and pledges, [pounds]20 million is likely.

You always dream and hope, says Busson. His big ey...

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