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Alfie Best | |
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| Born | Alfred William Best 1970 (age 53–54) Lutterworth, Leicestershire, England |
| Occupation | Businessman |
| Known for | Chairman & founder, Wyldecrest Parks |
| Television | BBC: Britain's Spending Secrets S1E1 (2015)[1] Channel 5: Eamonn & Ruth: How The Other Half Lives (2016) Panorama: The Mobile Home Swindle (2024) |
| Spouse(s) | Rachel (divorced) Emily Jane Bruce |
| Children | 2 |
| Website | alfiebest |
Alfred William Best (born 1970), is a British businessman who is the chairman and founder of Wyldecrest Parks, a mobile home park company.
Best's businesses in the UK include 95 residential mobile home parks, seven holiday mobile home parks and a golf course in Herefordshire, along with a 50% share in 15 sites in the US, totalling £700 million,[2][3] as well as a motor home rental company called Vaaroom[4] and East Thurrock United Football Club and its ground.[5]
In August 2021, Best appeared in the first episode of ITV's Undercover Big Boss.[6][7][8][9][10]
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