Welcome to another instalment of Navigating with Bertie Russell. Today, Bertie is joined by Will Michell, co-founder of Blue Noble, a real estate investment and asset management business working with family offices, entrepreneurs, and investors across Europe.

In this episode, Will shares his journey from managing billions of pounds of real estate assets at HSBC to launching Blue Noble alongside his partners and building the business over the last eight years.

Together, they discuss real estate investing, entrepreneurship, family offices, building long-term wealth, identifying investment opportunities, the future of property, student accommodation, data centres, and the realities of growing a business from scratch.

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00:00 - Introduction to Will Michell & Blue Noble

01:30 - Leaving HSBC to start a business

04:00 - Working with family offices & investors

07:00 - Blue Noble's club investment model

10:00 - Why student accommodation in Italy

16:00 - The Milan development success story

18:00 - Data centres & future investment trends

22:00 - Investing for the long term

25:00 - Building bespoke portfolios

27:00 - Growing Blue Noble from scratch

30:00 - Leadership, culture & scaling a business

33:00 - Final reflections

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