EuroMillions winner Colin Weir who scooped £161m jackpot had £20k stake in Greggs and £10k in Irn Bru when he died
A EUROMILLIONS winner who scooped a £161m jackpot died with a £10,000 stake in Irn-Bru and more than £20,000 invested in Greggs.
Colin Weir, who won the lottery in 2011 with ex-wife Chris, passed away aged 71 from sepsis and ‘acute kidney injury’ last December.
But, along with investments in global brands such as Microsoft and Estee Lauder, new documents have revealed the proud Scot also invested in firms a little closer to home.
Colin, of Ayshire, Scotland, had £10,040 invested in Scottish soft drink company AG Barr, who produce Irn-Bru, and he also ploughed £22,950 into bakery chain Greggs
The investments were part of a £12million share portfolio which included nearly £20,000 in both French multinational Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton and supermarket giant Tesco.
Sadly, Colin and Chris – who had two kids together – divorced in May last year after 38 years of marriage.
Following the split, the Lotto winner signed over the family’s £3.5 million mansion, Frognal House, near Troon, South Ayrshire, to his ex-wife.
The wealthy bachelor moved into a £1.1 million five-bedroom seafront home in Ayr, which he bought in June 2018.
But despite the 71-year-old making headlines for not splashing the cash after he took Chris on holiday to Brighton after their big win, Colin did also enjoy the finer things in life.
In his estate, he left jewellery, furniture and artworks valued at around £212,000 and he also had part-ownership of three thoroughbred racehorses controlled by syndicates
And he also splashed the cash on four luxury cars including a vintage Bentley Arnage, worth £10,000, a £28,250 Jaguar F-Pace SUV, and two Mercedes motors worth a combined £59,000.
And he had assets of around £3.5 million in tax haven the Isle of Man, a stake of around £400,000 in tax-advantage Enterprise Investment Schemes (EIS) and the maximum £50,000 invested in National Savings and Investments Premium Bonds.
Colin was a massive football fan and was honorary president of Largs Thistle FC and a month before his death gained a 55 per cent shareholding in Partick Thistle, which has a section of Firhill Stadium named the Colin Weir Stand.
The Weirs were known for using their wealth to benefit good causes in their area, and sponsored an artist to study for two years in Florence, Italy.
His staggering EuroMillions win with Chris made them the 22nd richest people in Scotland and propelled them onto the Sunday Times Rich List.
Last year, Mourners lined the streets today to pay tribute to the dad-of-two ahead of the funeral service in Partick Burgh Hall, Glasgow, and a private cremation.
