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Giles Mackay | |
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 Giles Mackay | |
| Born | Giles Cyril Patrick Mackay March 1962 (age 63) Croydon, London |
| Occupations | Businessman, Property investor |
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| Website | Official website www.upstix.com |
Giles Cyril Patrick Mackay (born 1962) is a British businessman and property investor who founded Hometrack and, in 2022, the iBuying firm Upstix.[1]
Career
Mackay is a former barrister.[2]
As a real-estate and property management entrepreneur, he started the first of the Assettrust companies in 1985 and grew through the corporate property sale and leaseback market. In 2003, he founded the Assettrust Companies, Assettrust Housing, a real-estate development company.[3]
In 1999 he founded Hometrack, a property market analytics company in 1999, and served as its CEO until 2013.[4] Hometrack initially focused on properties in central London.[5] In 2017, the company was sold to Zoopla for £120 million.[6][7]
In 2012, his estimated net worth was "over £100 million".[8]
References
- ^ Howard, Tom (7 March 2022). "Upstix races on to housing market". The Times. Times Media Limited. Retrieved 17 October 2025.
- ^ "Giles Mackay". The Sunday Times. 26 April 2009. Retrieved 22 February 2019.
- ^ "Giles Mackay - Founder at Outra". The Org. Retrieved 17 October 2025.
- ^ "Hometrack appoints new Chief Executive Officer". Hometrack.com. Retrieved 17 October 2025.
- ^ "Don't forget your postcode: it does make a difference". The Independent. 30 March 2001. Retrieved 17 October 2025.
- ^ "Zoopla to buy Hometrack for £120m". BBC News. 31 January 2017. Retrieved 17 October 2025.
- ^ Strunck, Clara (17 September 2024). "Giles Mackay, the property magnate once dubbed the 'poshest neighbour from hell', sells Chelsea mansion for £65m to the President of the UAE". Tatler. Retrieved 17 October 2025.
- ^ "'My middle name is relentless': Businessman's anger over dream home". The Daily Telegraph. 13 September 2012. Archived from the original on 8 Jun 2022. Retrieved 11 December 2018.
