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Former Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg could earn over £30 million from his recent investment in UK tech firm Nscale, which is preparing to begin trading on the New York Stock Exchange. Clegg joined Nscale’s board just six months ago and holds approximately 917,460 shares. If Nscale achieves a higher valuation of $35 billion as speculated, Clegg's stake could be worth up to £31.5 million. The company was founded in May 2024 by Josh Payne and Nathan Townsend and aims to establish its first data center in Loughton, Essex, early next year.
Written locally by qwen2.5:14b on 2026-09-22,
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Story summary
Former Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg, who previously worked at Meta (Facebook's parent company), could potentially earn up to £30 million from his investment in a UK tech firm called Nscale. Nscale, which specializes in data centers and AI, is preparing for an initial public offering on the New York Stock Exchange. With a stake of 917,460 shares (about 0.12% of existing stock), Clegg could benefit significantly from the company's valuation of $14.6 billion (£10.9 billion). However, reports suggest that Nscale might seek an even higher valuation in its upcoming flotation, which could potentially increase Clegg’s earnings to around £30 million if the firm reaches a value of up to $35 billion. The exact amount depends on the final IPO valuation.
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Former Deputy Prime Minister and ex-Liberal Democrats leader Sir Nick Clegg has been tipped for a £30million windfall from a UK tech firm he joined half a year ago.
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The politician who moved on to work for Mark Zuckerberg's Facebook parent company Meta more recently took a stake in data centre and AI start-up Nscale.
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Now that business is about to start trading on New York's Wall Street – potentially bringing in substantial profits for investors including Sir Nick, 59.
He previously served as Deputy Prime Minister alongside Conservative then-PM David Cameron in the coalition government between 2010 and 2015.
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Sir Nick later joined Facebook as vice-president, global affairs and communications, in 2018, before becoming Meta's president for global affairs in 2022 then announcing his departure in January last year.
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He reportedly has 917,460 shares in Nscale as one of its board members, about 0.12 per cent of the existing stock.
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The company last week announced having filed for an initial public offering on the New York Stock Exchange.
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The present valuation for the firm is $14.6billion (£10.9billion), which would put Sir Nick's stake at about $18million (£13.5million).
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Britain's former Deputy Prime Minister Sir Nick Clegg could be in line for a windfall of more than £30million as a tech firm in which he has shares prepares to file on New York's Stock Exchange
Nick Clegg (right) previously served as Deputy Prime Minister to David Cameron (left) in the Conservative-Liberal Democrats coalition government between 2010 and 2015
Yet reports have suggested Nscale could look for a $35billion (£26.2billion) valuation, increasing the possible benefits for Sir Nick to $42million (£31.5million).
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Sir Nick sold Meta shares with an estimated value of about £24million between 2022 and 2024, according to recent filings.
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Sir Nick joined Nscale's board in March this year, as did his former Meta colleague Sheryl Sandberg who was that company's chief operating officer between 2008 and 2022 and served on the board of directors until 2024.
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London-based Nscale was set up in May 2024 by co-founders Josh Payne and Nathan Townsend and has said it hopes to have a first data centre up and running in Loughton, Essex, early next year.
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The company has insisted it remains committed to being based in the UK despite opting for New York for its flotation.
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Mr Payne wrote in Nscale's IPO filing last Friday how he saw 'a significant and growing opportunity in sovereign AI, as nations increasingly seek to build and control their own AI infrastructure and capability rather than rely on others'.
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He added: 'Nscale is well positioned to serve this demand as a trusted, sovereign-capable platform.
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'This is particularly true in Europe, where the need for sovereign AI infrastructure is especially acute, and where our British domicile positions us as a natural, trusted partner.
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Nscale previously said of Sir Nick's involvement: 'We believe Mr Clegg’s extensive experience in global public policy, international government affairs, and technology industry leadership, as well as his deep relationships with government and regulatory bodies worldwide, make him qualified to serve on our board of directors.'
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Sir Nick previously became Deputy Prime Minister following the general election in May 2010, having overseen the Lib Dems' MP count going from 62 to 57.
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He faced criticism including after the referendum defeat for the party's flagship policy for electoral reform and also backtracking on opposition to hiking students' university tuition fees.
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The Liberal Democrats were reduced to just eight seats in the 2015 general election which gave David Cameron's Conservatives a Commons majority of their own.
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