According to the UK’s Companies House (Companies Register), at the end of July, the estate’s owning company came under the control of UAE citizen Tarek Ahmed Al Masaqoud. He is known as one of the shareholders of the Middle East holding company Al Masaood, with assets in the automotive, energy, oil and gas, marine, construction, and other sectors.
Before that, the estate—visited at different times by British monarchs Edward VII, George V, George VI, and former U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt—was owned by billionaire and “vodka king” Yuri Shefler (in Russia, the businessman and a number of his companies were recognized as an extremist association).
In 2017, he acquired the estate’s holdings that had established a reputation as an “ideal place for passionate hunters” for £25 million (about 1.8 billion rubles). The businessman developed the estate—there was a cinema, a tasting room, and a spa area. But in 2026, Shefler decided to sell the asset, valuing it at a times higher price—£67 million (about 7 billion rubles).
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