I'm Britain's richest plumber | Money Talks | Charlie Mullins interview

SEVEN-star hotel breaks costing £125,000 a time, half-a-million-pound high-end cars and a luxury London penthouse with Tom Jones for a neighbour.

Those are just some of the spoils of Britain’s richest plumber Charlie Mullins, who says he has splurged a staggering £100million in just three years.

The London-born tradesman’s enormous fortune came from Pimlico Plumbers, which he sold for £140million back in 2021 and has been "celebrating ever since".

Things weren’t always so luxurious for Charlie, who grew up on an “absolutely disgusting”, rubbish-strewn council estate and regularly ate just one meal a day.

Now the 71-year-old, who counts Simon Cowell and Dame Joan Collins as pals, reveals all about his spending in The Sun’s series Money Talks, where we talk to celebrities and business tycoons about their financial highs and lows.

Charlie paid himself a whopping £6million a year before selling his shares in Pimlico Plumbers and recalls the staggering moment he received the giant sum after months of negotiations.

He says: “My lawyer rang up early one money and said, ‘The money is in your account,’ I said ‘F***ing hell, I can’t believe it’. I think I’ve been celebrating for three years since.

“I think I’ve got rid of about £100million, I don’t find that difficult to say. I’m pleased to have done that, I’d never want to be the richest man in the graveyard.

“People say you can’t spend that much money but I have. I’ve made investments but I’ve mainly been living the good life.

“I’ve bought villas in Marbella and am building a villa too, I’m buying property in Dubai and have spent a lot of time in America. I always fly first-class.

“I regularly stay in the Marbella Club, it’s top dollar money to be there because it’s where all the filmstars used to go - the Beckhams, Joan Collins, Sophia Loren.

“That can easily cost £100,000 for a holiday and then I also stay in the seven-star hotel Al Burj Arab in Dubai several times a year, where the bill easily gets up to £125,000.”

Read more: https://www.thesun.co.uk/money/292724...

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