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  • Issa brothers finally repay EG Group loan used to buy private jet

    Business

    The Issa brothers have finally repaid the huge loan they borrowed from their own forecourt and retail empire to buy a private jet, City AM can reveal. The billionaire duo had owed as much as $41m (£31m) to EG Group via an Isle of Man-based company they controlled called Clear Sky 2, which was used [...]

    The billionaire Issa brothers founded their empire in 2001 with a single petrol station.
  • Billionaire Issa brothers’ zero-emission truck start-up saved

    Transport and infrastructure

    A Scottish zero-emission vehicles company backed by the billionaire Issa brothers has been saved in a pre-pack administration deal. Opus Restructuring was appointed to oversee the process at Glasgow-based Hydrogen Vehicle Systems (HVS) after the business faced a winding up petition earlier this month. It also faced a winding up petition in October 2024. The [...]

    HVS unveils UKs first zero-emission hydrogen electric HGV with class-leading 370-mile range on display.
  • Profit spikes at Asda billionaire’s property empire

    Property

    Profit at the property empire co-founded by a billionaire backer of supermarket giant Asda spiked to a new record in 2024, it has been revealed. Monte Blackburn was set up by brothers Mohsin and Zuber Issa in 2016 and has a number of property interests across the North West of England. The billionaire brothers, who [...]

    Mohsin and Zuber Issa were shareholders in Asda together until 2024.
  • Billionaire Issa brothers shrink empire ahead of blockbuster IPO

    August 14, 2025

    The forecourts empire founded by the billionaire Issa brothers has sealed a second deal this week to sell off part of its international business as it works up to a possible blockbuster float in New York. Blackburn-headquartered EG Group has agreed to dispose of its operations in Australia to Ampol in a deal which values [...]

  • EG Group: Billionaire Issa brothers sell £367m Italian arm

    August 12, 2025

    EG Group, the empire co-founded by a major investor in supermarket giant Asda, has sold its Italian division in a deal which values it at €425m (£367m). The Blackburn-headquartered group has agreed terms with a consortium of established Italian operators comprising PAD Multienergy S.p.A., Vega Carburanti S.p.A., Toil S.p.A., Dilella Invest S.p.A. and GIAP s.r.l. [...]

  • Profit almost wiped out at Asda billionaire’s empire ahead of mega IPO

    June 11, 2025

    Profit at EG Group, the empire co-founded by a major investor in supermarket giant Asda, has almost been wiped out ahead of a planned $13bn float in New York. The Blackburn-headquartered group was formed by brothers Mohsin and Zuber Issa and is now co-owned by private equity giant TDR Capital. Now, new accounts filed with [...]

  • EG Group: From a Bury service station to a $13bn IPO

    January 14, 2025

    EG Group is set to end 24 years as a private company with a $13bn float on the New York Stock Exchange, according to reports. Co-founder of EG Group and current non-executive, Zuber Issa, told the Sunday Times that “the road map is starting now” on an IPO, with the float expected to complete this [...]

  • Leon: Restaurant chain’s loss-making streak continues amid Asda takeover

    September 30, 2024

    Restaurant chain Leon lost almost £20m in the year it was sold by the billionaire Issa brothers to Asda, it has been revealed. The company had been purchased by the brothers’ Lancashire-based EG Group in 2021 before most of the group’s UK operations were sold to the supermarket giant for £2bn in October 2023. At [...]

  • Asda takeover: Meet the British supermarket giant’s new private equity owner

    June 10, 2024

    Meet the new private equity owner of supermarket giant Asda after one half of the billionaire Issa brothers sold it his shares.

  • Issa brothers: How to turn a petrol station into an empire for billionaires

    June 7, 2024

    How did the Issa brothers transform a single petrol station in Greater Manchester into an empire and become billionaires in the process?

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