18 Facts About Paul Kemsley

Paul Zeital Kemsley was born on 23 August 1967 and is an English businessman, property developer and media personality.

Paul Kemsley is the former Vice-Chairman of Premier League football club Tottenham Hotspur and former chairman of the revived New York Cosmos.

Paul Kemsley was educated at Atholl School in Rayners Lane, Harrow.

Paul Kemsley left school in 1984, at the age of 17, and began working at Gross Fine as a junior surveyor.

From 1985 to 1992, Paul Kemsley worked as an agent at the commercial real-estate firm Ross Jaye.

Paul Kemsley was well known as an aggressive player in the property business.

Paul Kemsley has developed successful investments in various online betting operators including Party Gaming, Chinese-licensed Betex, and AIM-quoted FUN Technologies.

Paul Kemsley was a director of Spurs from 2001 through 2006, and Vice-Chairman of the club at the time of his departure in 2007.

Levy announced that Paul Kemsley was resigning to focus on his property interests in the United States, but the abrupt departure invited speculation that Paul Kemsley's relationship with Levy had soured.

Paul Kemsley's resignation came just weeks after he had been part of a delegation that traveled to Spain in an attempt to sign manager Juande Ramos, a move that was characterized as "mishandled" and which "undermined the club's start to the Premier League season".

Paul Kemsley is known as a close friend of Mike Ashley, David Pearl, Sir Philip Green and Lord Sugar.

Paul Kemsley signed a merchandising deal with sportswear manufacturer Umbro and insisted that the club's goal was to join Major League Soccer Kemsley installed soccer legend and former Cosmos star Pele as Honorary President, and in January 2011 appointed former Manchester United player Eric Cantona as Director of Soccer, although the club would later claim in court that Cantona was never intended to be more than a promotional figurehead.

Paul Kemsley stepped away from the club in October of 2011, as the New York Post reported that the owners "apparently tired of the flamboyant Brit, who was long on flash but has to this point been short of substance".

Paul Kemsley kept his position as CEO of the agency, later renamed "Legends 10", after leaving the Cosmos.

Paul Kemsley was married to Loretta Paul Kemsley from Portsmouth.

In March 2015, Paul Kemsley married Dorit Paul Kemsley in New York City.

Paul Kemsley has a son and a daughter from his second marriage.

Dorit Paul Kemsley appears as a cast member on The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, having joined at the start of season 7.