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Gary McCausland is the presenter of Five’s flagship property
programme How to Be a Property Developer,
BBC1’s brand
new series, Axe the Agent? and author
of best-selling
book, How to Make Money From Property.
"Property's answer to Jamie
Oliver" (Belfast Telegraph)
Straight-talking, with an intuitive knowledge of the
property market second-to-none, Gary McCausland is himself
a successful property developer and is regularly called
upon as an expert commentator appearing on BBC News,
Newsnight, the Tonight programme, Sky and Five News.
Since 2002, his company, The Richland
Group, has taken
control of the purchasing, designing, building and selling
hundreds of residential and commercial properties. New
developments are ongoing, and his company’s profile
and success continues to grow, having recently expanded
into hotels, finance and the leisure industry.
"When it comes to property
this man knows his stuff" (Metro)
Gary was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland and grew up in a
town called Dungannon throughout the troubles in the 70s and
80s. He is the eldest of seven siblings, two girls & five
boys.
It was during these days that the first dreams of being a property
developer were born, as he recognised opportunities of building,
renovating & essentially improving his environment. He
always wanted to work in property and chose the corporate route
to
lay the foundations for this ambition. He obtained an honours
degree in Estate Management and a Post Graduate Diploma in
Accountancy
from the University of Ulster and now is a Chartered Surveyor.
He worked as a Management Accountant for a year in 1992 and
then as a Property Manager for Cable and Wireless, moving to
London to take on a senior UK Management role (1993 - 1998).
He eventually moved to US telecoms giant MCI and became their
International Estate's Manager (1998 - 2000) before he took
his final step to another American company The Carlyle Group
as their European Sales Director (2000 - 2001).
"Gary's plain speaking
owes a little to Simon Cowell, but he knows what he's talking
about" (Mail On Sunday)
After around ten years on the corporate ladder, buying & selling
literally hundreds of properties across the world, it was time
to fulfill his own ambition; Gary started a property
development company, The Richland Group, in 2002. He established
himself as a successful property developer within a relatively
short period of time and new developments are on-going, and
the company's profile and success continues to grow, achieving
a turnover of several million per annum.
Whilst growing his property company Gary, along with his brother,
founded and opened 'The Kingly Club' in Soho, London. An exclusive
members bar which has been voted 'Bar of the Year 2004, 2005
and 2006' at the London Bar & Club awards hosted and televised
at the Park Lane Hilton Hotel.
In 2004 Gary was approached by Channel Five to present
How To Be A Property Developer. Following the huge success
of the
first
series Gary
went on to present a further two series and also hosted Five's
Property Developing
Abroad.
He is presenter
of
BBC1's Axe
the Agent? and is also filming a new ten-part series for the
Discovery Channel.
Despite his success Gary continues to stay focused on growing
his business and media career further making the most of the
opportunities available and has just recently expanded into
hotels, finance and the leisure industry.
For more information visit www.garymccausland.com |
