Fiszman was born in Willesden, North London and was the son of a Belgian Jewish couple who fled the Nazis during World War II.
Fiszman bought into Arsenal Football Club and became a board member through his purchase of an 8% stake from his friend David Dein, starting with 10,000 shares in 1991.
[4] This was a significant sale as reducing his stake to less than 25% resulted in a loss of veto rights over any future changes to the company statutes.
Speculation linked this with a move abroad where he would substantially reduce any Capital Gains Tax liability that would come with a sale of his stake in the club.
[7] On 11 April 2011, two days before his death, he sold his Arsenal shares amounting to 16.11% of club's stake to KSE, due to his declining health.