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While on holiday in Florida in the mid 1970s Madejski saw a car sales magazine that included pictures of the vehicles on sale. He immediately realised the potential of the idea, and founded ''Thames Valley Trader'' in 1976 . Initially the magazine sold anything and everything, from houses to cars and even aircraft, but it soon concentrated solely on vehicles, and was renamed ''Auto Trader''. In 1998 he sold his company Hurst Publishing for £174 million. Madejski became chairman of the and was vociferous in his calls for the removal of the then party leader Iain Duncan Smith in 2003 . In 2000 he was awarded the OBE in "recognition of his contribution to Reading Football Club and the Reading community". He is also Deputy Lieutenant of Berkshire . He owns a large number of luxury cars, owning a couple of Rolls-Royce s, two Bentley s, four Jaguar s, an AC Cobra and a pair of Ferrari s, including a red 328 which sits inside a glass case in the gym of his home. Madejski has two children, but has never married. He made front-page headlines in UK Tabloid newspapers in October 2004 due to his alleged romantic attachment with singer and TV star Cilla Black . The pair became friends due to their mutual affiliation with the Conservative Party. |
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