Sir Frederick Donald Gosling was the owner of National Car Parks. After serving in World War II he founded Central Car Parks, which he started at a central London bombsite. Together with his business partner Ronald Hobson he took over National Car Parks in 1959. The company expanded rapidly, buying sites and converting them into car parks. In 1998 the company was sold to US based Cendant, netting Gosling and Hobson GBP 300 million each. National Car Parks is now the largest car park operator in the UK, with over 200,000 spaces at more than 700 locations. Donald Gosling is active in charity, his THE GOSLING FOUNDATION LIMITED, donates GBP 3 million each year to charity. Gosling’s yacht Leander G is available for charter at a rate of USD 450.000 per week.