Nigel Frieda

Nigel Frieda
Born

Nigel Quentin Frieda
August 1952 (age 64)

Citizenship British
Occupation music producer
Spouse(s) Leonie Frieda (divorced 1997)
Children two
Relatives John Frieda (brother)

Nigel Quentin Frieda (born August 1952) is a British music producer, and the owner of the 380 acres (1.5 km2) Osea Island in the estuary of the River Blackwater, Essex.

Early life

Nigel Quentin Frieda was born in August 1952,[1] the son of Isidore Frieda, a Jewish hairdresser, salon and property owner, and an Irish Catholic mother.[2][3] His elder brother is the hairdresser John Frieda.[4]

Career

Frieda founded/launched the pop group the Sugababes.[3] He runs London's Matrix Studio and has also produced The Rolling Stones.[5]

Frieda is the owner of the 380 acres (1.5 km2) Osea Island in the estuary of the River Blackwater, Essex, England,[6] which he bought in 2000 for £6 million.[5]

Personal life

Frieda married the biographer Leonie Frieda, the daughter of Swedish aristocrats, when she was 30 (her second marriage), and they had two children, Elizabeth and Jake, both now adults.[4] They divorced in 1997.[4] His second wife committed suicide.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "OSEA ISLAND LIMITED - Officers (free information from Companies House)". Beta.companieshouse.gov.uk. 2010-11-22. Retrieved 2016-05-11.
  2. ↑ "John Frieda: When I was five I was in hospital for a year. The pain was extreme | Life & Style". Thisislondon.co.uk. 2010-06-22. Retrieved 2012-02-04.
  3. 1 2 W. Rubinstein; Michael A. Jolles (22 February 2011). The Palgrave Dictionary of Anglo-Jewish History. Palgrave Macmillan UK. p. 610. ISBN 978-0-230-30466-6. Retrieved 14 March 2016.
  4. 1 2 3 4 Richard Godwin (2012-11-23). "Leonie Frieda: I should have died from the overdose that put me in a coma but it wasn't my time to go | London Life | Lifestyle | London Evening Standard". Standard.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-05-11.
  5. 1 2 Jo Fernandez (2013-12-04). "Manor Beach Cottage, Osea Island - hotel review | Travel | Lifestyle | London Evening Standard". Standard.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-05-11.
  6. ↑ Jamie Grierson. "Scottish seaplane firm launches London-Essex route | World news". The Guardian. Retrieved 2016-05-11.
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