In 1928 Reo Stakis left his home in a remote mountain village in Cyprus and set out to make his fortune. But even in his wildest dreams he could never have imagined that he would one day become one of Britain's most successful businessmen, controlling a vast empire of hotels, restaurants and casinos, with a personal fortune estimated at more than 100 million. Now, for the first time, Jack Webster tells the full story of the highs and lows of Stakis' extraordinary life.