Giles Mackay
Giles Mackay | |
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 Giles Mackay | |
| Born | Giles Cyril Patrick Mackay 1961 or 1962 (age 62–63)[1] |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation(s) | Businessman, property investor |
| Known for | HomeTrack |
| Spouse | Caroline Mackay (divorced) |
| Children | 5 |
| Website | www |
Giles Cyril Patrick Mackay (born 1961/1962) is a British businessman and property investor.
Career
[edit]Mackay is a former barrister.[1]
He founded Hometrack, a property market analytics company, in 1999 and was appointed as its CEO.[2]
As a real-estate and property management entrepreneur, he started the first of the Assettrust companies in 1987 and grew through the corporate property sale and leaseback market (high leverage). In 2002, he founded the Assettrust Companies, Assettrust Housing, a real-estate development company and according to Bloomberg delivered 624 shared ownership homes across the UK without the aid of a government grant.[3]
In 2012, his net worth was "over £100 million".,[4]
Company
[edit]Mackay's company, Hometrack Data Systems Limited, is headquartered in central London.[5] The company has grown quickly since its inception, with yearly growth reported by Fast Track at 72% since 2005.[6]
The company is presently developing a product for the British credit-card market. In addition, their automated property valuation models are used throughout Europe and Australia including for publications such as Yahoo UK and The Guardian.[7][8]
Although he remains chairman of Hometrack, Charles Bryant was appointed chief executive officer in 2013.[2]
In 2017, it was announced that Mackay's company Hometrack was being sold to Zoopla for £120 million.[9][10]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Giles Mackay". The Sunday Times. 26 April 2009. Retrieved 22 February 2019.
- ^ a b "Hometrack appoints new chief executive officer". Retrieved 2013-10-04.
- ^ "Bloomberg: Real Estate Management and Development". Bloomberg News. Archived from the original on October 20, 2015. Retrieved 2015-10-04.
- ^ "'My middle name is relentless': Businessman's anger over dream home". The Daily Telegraph. 13 September 2012. Retrieved 11 December 2018.
- ^ "Don't forget your postcode: it does make a difference". The Independent. 31 March 2001. Retrieved 22 February 2019.
- ^ "2009 Tech Track 100". Archived from the original on 2016-02-03. Retrieved 2010-10-24.
- ^ Jones, Rupert (26 September 2014). "House prices level off after 18 months of consecutive rises, says Hometrack". The Guardian. Retrieved 22 February 2019 – via www.theguardian.com.
- ^ "London House Prices Differential widest 20 years". yahoo.com. Retrieved 22 February 2019.
- ^ "Zoopla to buy Hometrack for £120m". BBC News. 2017-01-31. Retrieved 2017-02-15.
- ^ "Payday for founder as Zoopla buys property data firm Hometrack for £120m". The Telegraph. Retrieved 2017-02-15.