It was a freight and stagecoach company with a banking arm that made loans to miners, invested in property, and succeeded beyond Wells and Fargo's wildest dreams.

VOA: standard.2010.03.11

Real estate developer Nagouri said he comes from humble beginnings and has prospered beyond his father's wildest dreams.

CNN: Flashing big money in India's smaller cities

As is by now well known, the partners of private equity firms such as Blackstone, KKR, Permira, TPC, CVC, BC Partners among many others became wealthy beyond most people's wildest dreams - to the tune of tens of millions of pounds, hundreds of millions of pounds and in some cases billions of pounds.

BBC: The financial lessons of Southern Cross

His father Andy, described his son's achievement as "beyond my wildest dreams".

BBC: Greg Rutherford