Nigel Frieda

Nigel Quentin Frieda (born August 1952) is a British record producer, and owner of the 380 acres (1.5 km²) Osea Island in the estuary of the River Blackwater, Essex.

Nigel Frieda
Born	Nigel Quentin Frieda August 1952 (age 72–73)
Citizenship	British
Occupation(s)	Record producer, property owner
Known for	Sugababes The Rolling Stones
Spouse(s)	Leonie Frieda (divorced 1997)  ? (died before 2008)
Children	3
Relatives	John Frieda (brother)

Early life

Nigel Quentin Frieda was born in August 1952,^[1] the son of Isidore Frieda, a Jewish hairdresser, salon and property owner, and an Irish Catholic mother.^[2][3] His elder brother is the hairdresser John Frieda.^[4]

Career

Frieda founded the pop group the Sugababes.^[3] He runs London's Matrix Studio and has also produced the Rolling Stones.^[5]

He is the owner of the 380 acres (1.5 km²) Osea Island in the estuary of the River Blackwater, Essex, England,^[6] most of which he bought in 2000 for £6 million.^[5] He acquired the rest of the island after 2012.

Personal life

Frieda married the future biographer Leonie Frieda, the daughter of Swedish aristocrats, when she was 30 (her second marriage), and they had two children, Elizabeth and Jake, both now adults.^[4] They divorced in 1997.^[4] His second wife (Leonie) could have died from suicide. However she survived and today continues her work with charities as well as her writing. REF cocaine addition REF De Medici ^[4]