Nigel Frieda


Nigel Quentin Frieda is a British record producer, and owner of the Osea Island in the estuary of the River Blackwater, Essex.

Early life

Nigel Quentin Frieda was born in August 1952, the son of Isidore Frieda, a Jewish hairdresser, salon and property owner, and an Irish Catholic mother. His elder brother is the hairdresser John Frieda.

Career

Frieda founded the pop group the Sugababes. He runs London's Matrix Studio and has also produced the Rolling Stones.
He is the owner of the Osea Island in the estuary of the River Blackwater, Essex, England, most of which he bought in 2000 for £6 million. He acquired the rest of the island after 2012.

Personal life

Frieda married the future biographer Leonie Frieda, the daughter of Swedish aristocrats, and they have two adult children, Elizabeth and Jake. They divorced in 1997.