Power, Powder and Property
By Lawrence Kenwright
with Joe Cusack
Entrepreneur Lawrence Kenwright had it all…beautiful wife, loving family, a £100 million fortune – the world was his oyster.
He triumphed over poverty with a unique vision: the party hotel.
Poised to go global with his blueprint of fun-packed city breaks, that attracted hen nights and clubbers by the thousands, his empire grew to £250 million.
But he quickly fell foul of corrupt politicians in the pockets of gangsters who were flooding the country with cocaine and laundering money through shadowy property schemes.
With violent attacks, death threats and hitmen hired to kill him, Lawrence found himself with a 24-hour armed guard.
A double-whammy of graft and Covid wiped him out and destroyed his dream.
In his memoir, Lawrence reveals his rags-to-riches journey through post-Thatcherite Britain.
Stacked with belly laughs and tales of a chaotic childhood, his story will have the reader in stitches with the surreal antics of his eccentric family and shedding tears with the sheer neglect he endured as a child.
But City is also an inspirational story.
For Lawrence is now fighting back against the odds – a tale of resilience and rebirth from rock-bottom.
Taking back his empire from the banks, he now has his sights set on exposing the corruption, usurping the ‘gangsters in suits’ and advocating for the victims of the narco-political nexus.