Peter Hargreaves
Bristol, United Kingdom
United Kingdom
financial services, Self Made
$4,400,000,000
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#597 Billionaires 2019
From his spare bedroom in Bristol, England, Peter Hargreaves and pal Stephan Lansdown founded a financial-services firm in 1981.Hargreaves was a chartered accountant for businesses like KPMG before starting the company, Hargreaves Lansdown.He no longer sits on the firm's board, but still owns nearly a third of the $116 billion (assets under management) business.In 2017 Hargreaves launched Blue Whale, a fund manager for UK investors.
Hargreaves is reportedly the second biggest financial backer of Brexit, donating more than $4 million to the cause.Hargreaves owns an Embraer Legacy 500 jet capable of flying from the UK to Dubai.
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