Fever-tree founder toasts £82.5m share sale

One of Fever-tree’s founders, Charles Rolls, has landed an £82.5m payout after selling a 2.6pc stake in the drink mixer company, double the size he had initially been planning to sell. Mr Rolls, the deputy chairman of Fevertree, sold 3m shares in the business at £27.50 each, leaving him with an 8.6pc stake. This is the second time Mr Rolls has recently cashed in on Fever-tree’s success, having last year made £73m in another share sale. Over the past 12 months, shares in Fever-tree have soared more than 90pc, though fell 5.1pc yesterday.