Christopher Portman, 10th Viscount Portman
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Christopher Edward Berkeley Portman, 10th Viscount Portman (born 30 July 1958) is a British peer and property developer.

Viscount Portman and family ranked 33rd in the Sunday Times Rich List 2005
Sunday Times Rich List 2005
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 and 40th in the 2006 list, with an estimated personal fortune of £1,200m. His fortune comes from his 110 acre (0.4451546 km²) central London
London
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 inheritance, called the Portman estate, which is spending £40 million on an investment programme that includes the development of a shopping area, Portman Village. Portman's other assets include shares in commercial properties in New York
New York
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 and Florida
Florida
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Portman's half-brother is the Hon. Justin Trevor Berkeley Portman.
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