David Sullivan Age, Height, Bio, Parents, Wife, Net Worth

May 2024 · 4 minute read

David Sullivan is a Welsh businessman and former pornographer. kKnow David Sullivan’s net worth, age, wife, children, family, parents

David Sullivan Age

He is 73 years old.

David Sullivan Height

1.73m

David Sullivan Nationality

Welsh

David Sullivan Biography

David Sullivan was born on February 5, 1949 (age 73 years) in Cardiff, United Kingdom. He is the son of an RAF serviceman, Sullivan grew up living in a Penarth council house. When Sullivan was 10 years old, his father was posted to Aden, Yemen where they lived for a year before moving to England to live in Hornchurch, Essex.

Sullivan attended the Abbs Cross school and gained ten O Levels. After his family moved to Hertfordshire he attended Watford Grammar School for Boys obtaining three A levels. He read Economics at Queen Mary College, narrowly missing a first.

David Sullivan is a philanthropist and has been a patron of Prostate Cancer UK for over 15 years. He is also an active supporter of the Teenage Cancer Trust along with several other charities nationwide. Sullivan celebrated West Ham’s promotion to the Premier League in May 2012 by donating a five-figure sum to a charity for children with autism. In October 2020, Sullivan donated £25,000 to help combat child food poverty. His donation was given to FareShare who contribute to the Child Food Poverty Taskforce, founded by Marcus Rashford.

David Sullivan Parents

 Donald and Opal Sullivan

David Sullivan Siblings

David had 3 siblings: Mary O Sullivan and 2 other siblings

David Sullivan Wife

David Sullivan is currently single and not married. His girlfriend is Ampika Pickston, star of The Real Housewives of Cheshire.

David Sullivan Children

He has two children, David Sullivan and Jack Sullivan with ex-girlfriend Emma Benton-Hughes. The family lives in Birch Hall, near Theydon Bois, Essex. It was built by Ashby and Horner to Sullivan’s design in 1992 and set in around 12 acres (49,000 m2) of land, at a cost of £7.5m for the land and building. This is in addition to a commercial property empire worth an estimated £500m.

David Sullivan Career

With his business partner, David Gold, Sullivan’s first venture was selling softcore pornographic photos. They expanded into sex shops, adult magazines, and several low-budget blue movies, making Sullivan a millionaire by the age of 25. By the late 1970s, he was in control of half of the UK adult magazine market, including major titles such as Playbirds and Whitehouse, 80% of the adult mail-order market, and 150 shops.

In the late 1970s, David Sullivan produced several low-budget British sex movies including Come Play with Me (1977) (directed by Harrison Marks). This was followed by The Playbirds (1978), Confessions from the David Galaxy Affair (1979), and Queen of the Blues (1979), all starring his then-girlfriend Mary Millington. After Millington’s suicide in August 1979, he continued with Mary Millington’s True Blue Confessions (1980) and Emmanuelle in Soho (1981).

In 1982, Sullivan was convicted of living off the immoral earnings of prostitutes. He successfully appealed and was released after serving 71 days in prison. Sullivan said that he did not feel embarrassed about the initial source of his early fortunes.

“I’ve made a lot of people happy,” he said. “If I was an arms manufacturer or a cigarette manufacturer, and my products killed millions of my clients, I’d have a bit of doubt about the whole thing. I was a freedom fighter. I believe in the right of adults to make their own decisions.”

David Sullivan bought into Birmingham City in 1993, with David Gold and Ralph Gold. The landmark deal saw the new owners secure an 80% stake in the Midlands outfit

David Sullivan Net Worth

How much is David Sullivan worth? David Sullivan’s net worth is estimated at around £1.5 billion. His main source of income is from his career as a businessman and former adult filmmaker. Sullivan’s successful career has earned him some luxurious lifestyles and some fancy car trips. He is one of the richest and most influential people in the United Kingdom.

However, Sullivan operates an investment company, Conegate, which owns property in London including Russell & Bromley’s flagship shop buildings in Oxford Street near to Bond Street tube station.

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