Background
Livingstone was born in the United Kingdom, the son of a dentist in Ealing, London.
Livingstone was born in the United Kingdom, the son of a dentist in Ealing, London.
He was educated at Street Paul"s School, a leading private school. He attended City University London, where he received a bachelor"s degree in Optometry and qualified as an optometrist in 1984.
Livingstone served as the Chairman and majority shareholder of the Optika Clulow Group, a retail chain which owned 170 optician stores, including David Clulow, Sunglass Hut, Harrods and Selfridges opticians, from 1990 to 2010. The brothers sold the retail chain in 2011 and are now primarily property developers. Livingstone is the owner of Brightark, an investment vehicle.
By 2006, they had opened one on Old Broad Street and another one on Regent Street, with plans to open a dozen more.
Through this holding company, they own David Lloyd Leisure and luxury hotels including Cliveden House in Berkshire, Hilton Hotels in London’s Green Park and Park Lane. They redeveloped Marks & Spencer"s former headquarters at 55 Baker Street, which now houses the offices of Knight Frank, the accountant BDO International Stoy Hayward, and London & Regional itself.
In 2012, it was reported that the Livingstone brothers were submitting plans for a £600 million project by London"s Waterloo Station, that would involve the demolition of the 1960s office block, Elizabeth House, and replacing it with two towers, one of 29 storeys and the other of 10 storeys. The previous plan for three towers had been approved by London mayor Boris Johnson but rejected by the British government in 2009.
As of 2015, together with Jaime Gilinski Bacal, they are developing the $700 million Panama Pacifico project in Panama City, Panama on the former Howard Air Force Base.
He also serves on the Board of Trustees of The Mayor"s Fund for London.
