A Dragon Shows His Teeth ; How Peter Jones Left the Den Behind to Become American Tv's Newest British Mr Nasty

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PETER JONES seems to measure his life in cars.

There are the toy cars he raced on his bedroom floor as a seven- year-old when he dreamt of becoming a millionaire; the bright orange Alfasud he bought at 17 after setting up his first company, a tennis coaching academy; the Audi 80 sport that he drove when he was on his way to making his first million in computers; the Porsche he lost when the business went belly-up just before his 28th birthday.

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A Dragon Shows His Teeth ; How Peter Jones Left the Den Behind to Become American Tv's Newest British Mr Nasty

Peter won't say how much he's worth, but start doing the maths and, I suspect, the answer is a mind-boggling number of millions. As well as his company Phones International (turnover Pounds 180million), his portfolio includes companies in the leisure industry, recruitment, publishing, TV and property. And there's a Maybach, a Bentley and a Ferrari in the garage.

We've got onto the subjects of cars because there's a rather gaudy...

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