His grandfather was Friedrich Flick, a German industrialist convicted after the Second World War of using slave labour in his factories.
[7] In 1992, Flick was appointed to the Court of Benefactors of the University of Oxford in recognition of donations he had made to the Europaeum project.
[11] Flick was resident with his wife Corinne at Park House, Kensington, in central London which he is reported as having purchased in 1986.
[4] The house was home to his collection of early silver and Italian old master paintings and vedutà including a Canaletto scene of fireworks over Venice.
[4][7] In 2013 he won planning permission to expand the house by creating new rooms in the basement despite opposition from neighbours.