Jonathan William Field Beckett[1] (born June 1957) is a British yacht broker.
[3] When Burgess died during a round-the-world yacht race in 1992, Beckett, who held a 25% share in the company, succeeded him as CEO.
[4] In 1987, Beckett brokered the sale of Nabila, formerly owned by Saudi arms dealer Adnan Khashoggi, to Donald Trump.
[5] The lucrative deal put Beckett 'on map', though it turned out to be one of the quickest sales of his career.
[6] This United Kingdom business-related biographical article is a stub.