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The 'King of Britain's geeks' gets a record £682m payday: He grew up in the shadow of a tractor factory, now he owns a vast estate after incredible rise

Alex Gerko, 45, took home the staggering sum thanks to the success of his London-based company XTX Markets, which uses machine learning to profit from financial trading.

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