After a long, colourful life, Tony Measor seems to be having something of a renaissance these days.
The conservative investor's portfolio picks published in a Chinese-language magazine is up 280 per cent over seven years, his daily online column has a loyal cross-cultural following and his new book sits prominently in stores across Hong Kong.
Fittingly, Invest to Last is not your average personal investment text. With a writing style best described as conversational, he's neither a feral abacus who blinds punters with trade science, nor an aloof investment titan with a background vastly removed from his readership.
Starting out life as an accountant and stockbroker, the 74-year-old has lived in Singapore, England and Hong Kong. At various times, he's owned and managed Hennessy Road bars, race horses and an orange juice business. He's dabbled in journalism and fund management and helped found Quamnet in 1998, the online investment service that is his current professional home.
'I found myself at 50 and basically broke ... I had just given my house away to an old girlfriend,' Mr Measor told Sunday Money. 'I got married and my wife proved very adept at having children. I suddenly realised I had to do something about the future.
'I had always been interested in shares but had never really been interested in money itself - I had a rather hedonistic lifestyle up until that point. I don't regret that, you do have to live after all.