Wealth: company assets and earnings worth at least £50 million.

Home: two houses worth £1.5 million in Notting Hill, west London recently sold £750,000 home in Nettlestead, Kent.

Cars: two Bentleys, a vintage MGA, mini and scooter.

Evans has a 55 per cent stake in the company which has been valued at £30 million. Profits are at least £5 million a year.

The company makes: TFI Friday, £4 million deal with Channel 4. Virgin Breakfast Show, £9,000-a-show deal with Virgin. Danny Baker Show, £50,000-deal with Talk Radio. Small talented management group.

In the offing: multiple deal with Sky, including a DIY show with John Revell and a soap.

Virgin Radio

Now three quarters owned by Ginger Productions and Evans' financial backers, the station is worth at least £80 million. Evans has put in £2 million of his own money and will take a temporary pay cut. But directors' bonuses are likely to double his earnings in the near future.