22/01/197304/08/2020Starts to consolidate assets, predicting and surviving stock market crash, and purchases Grand Union supermarket chain in the US
22/01/197504/08/2020Takes over as chairman of Slater Walker, campaigns for Tory party in general election
22/03/197604/08/2020Begins libel battle with UK magazine Private Eye, begins to attempt to buy UK newspapers
22/11/197604/08/2020Writes to British Food Foundation about long-term effects of feed and chemicals in intensely-farmed animals
22/01/197704/08/2020Enters publishing with a controlling stake in French weekly news magazine, L’Express
22/10/198104/08/2020Begins fight with French national oil company Elf Aquitane over oil exploration project in Guatemala
22/01/198404/08/2020Makes takeover bids for St Regis, Continental Group, Colgate Palmolive, and Crown Zellerbach
