ROBERT MAXWELL

(Ian Robert Maxwell | Ján Ludvík Hyman Binyamin Hoch)


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Robert Maxwell
  • Born: June 10, 1923
  • Died: November 5, 1991
  • Nationality: British, Ukrainian
  • Profession: Publisher, Media Proprietor

Ian Robert Maxwell MC was a Ukrainian-British media proprietor, Member of Parliament (MP), suspected spy, and fraudster. Originally from Czechoslovakia, Maxwell rose from poverty to build an extensive publishing empire. After his death, huge discrepancies in his companies' finances were revealed, including his fraudulent misappropriation of the Mirror Group pension fund.