Paul Newey (born 6 September 1968) is an English businessman and semi-professional poker player from Dorset, England who co-founded Ocean Finance and later New Wave Ventures.

In 1991, Newey co-founded Ocean Finance, a loan and mortgage business, in Staffordshire, United Kingdom.

He later co-founded New Wave Ventures a privately owned investment fund located at Adam House in London.

On 4 January 2005 Newey nearly broke the bank at Birmingham's Genting Casino Star City where he won £3 million and forced owner Stanley Leisure to issue a profit warning.

[6] In 2014, Newey won four times at the $5,000-a-spin machines in Aria Casino located in Las Vegas for a total of $1.75 million.