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Paul Newey
Filed by Simon, publisher of UK Poker Pros · reviewed
Sourced · read 16 August 2026
Biography
Paul Newey is an English businessman and semi-professional poker player from Dorset, England who co-founded Ocean Finance and later New Wave Ventures.
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- Paul Newey is an English businessman and semi-professional poker player from Dorset, England who co-founded Ocean Finance and later New Wave Ventures.
- Printed cashes are gross payouts, never profit.
Public career
Paul Newey is an English businessman and semi-professional poker player from Dorset, England who co-founded Ocean Finance and later New Wave Ventures.
How to read a cash
All cash figures printed on this page are gross tournament payouts, never profit. This desk does not deduct buy‑ins, travel, or other expenses. For more detail see our guide: Cashes are not profit.
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Public chronology
Paul Newey (born 6 September 1968) is an English businessman and semi-professional poker player from Dorset, England who co-founded Ocean Finance and later New Wave Ventures.
In 1991, Newey co-founded Ocean Finance, a loan and mortgage business, in Staffordshire, United Kingdom. He sold the company in 2006 and left his CEO position in 2009. He later co-founded New Wave Ventures a privately ow
Newey has made the Birmingham Post rich list in 2013, 2015 and 2017 ranking 28th, 17th and 20th respectively. At the end of 2017 his net worth was estimated at $335 million.
Newey is an avid gambler. On 4 January 2005 Newey nearly broke the bank at Birmingham's Genting Casino Star City where he won £3 million and forced owner Stanley Leisure to issue a profit warning. The ca
Newey began playing high stakes poker tournaments in 2012 after entering the $1,000,000 Big One for One Drop event at the World Series of Poker. Newey was eliminated without cashing on Day 2 by eventual champion Anton
In 2014, Newey again entered the $1,000,000 One Drop event; this time, he finished 7th, earning $1,418,667. Newey has had success in the poker world. As of 2018, Newey has cashed for over $4,800,000.
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