Bouncing back from bankruptcy

Saturday 13th October 2007, 12:00AM BST.

ENTREPRENEUR Kevin Leech is bouncing back from having lost a £1 billion fortune and has launched two public companies in one week.

The St Saviour-based multi-millionaire was the largest shareholder in the only two new companies listed on the London Plus stockmarket this week. First London Securities plc was listed on Monday and shares in Reforma Pharma plc started trading on Friday. At the height of his business career in 2001, he launched two public companies on the same day on the New York Nasdaq exchange, which saw him become Jersey’s first billionaire.

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