Complex sentence: After graduating he built up a property business in partnership with his Oxford friend Ian Josephs; with financial support from both of their families they started with a boarding house in Clanricarde Gardens and progressed to various other properties in the Bayswater area.
Split into simpler sentences: After graduating he built up a property business in partnership with his Oxford friend Ian Josephs. With financial support from both of their families they started with a boarding house in Clanricarde Gardens and progressed to various other properties in the Bayswater area.