111-year-old British uh resident at a British retirement home has officially been named the world's oldest living man by Guinness World Records the adjudicators went and swarmed in on him and confirmed he was 111 the recordkeeping organization said John Alfred tenniswood of Southport England was awarded the title after the death of 114-year-old Venezuelan man Juan Vincente Perez actually the zto man but still gets out of bed himself manages his own finances and listens to to the radio each day to keep up with the news he attributed his longevity to Pure Luck