Ian and Richard Livingstone 

The Livingstone brothers are not outgoing or lively investors in the real estate industry, but they have made an impact due to savvy business skills. 

The Livingstone brothers are considered by some to be shy and quiet and by others to be arrogant

and difficult.

The Livingstone brothers are Richard and older brother Ian.  Richard is a chartered surveyor.  Ian is a former optometrist who started his career by opening a chain of opticians and acquiring the David Clulow chain in 1992. 

Together, the Livingston brothers has a personal wealth of over 250 million pounds and a property portfolio around 5 billion pounds.

The Livingston brothers started their business in the late 80s when they began property trading in their first company, Strategic Properties.  They ended up later selling that business to Development Securities in 1994.  The funds from that sale went to current investments.