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Adam Fleming | |
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| Born | Adam Richard Fleming 15 May 1948 |
| Nationality | British |
| Education | Eton College |
Adam Richard Fleming (born 15 May 1948) is a British businessman and was the deputy group chairman of the asset management company Stonehage Fleming before his retirement in 2019.
Adam Richard Fleming was born on 15 May 1948, [1] [2] the son of Major Richard Evelyn Fleming (1910–1977) and the Hon. Dorothy Charmian Hermon-Hodge, daughter of Roland Herman Hermon-Hodge, 2nd Baron Wyfold. He has seven brothers and sisters. [2]
His grandfather was Major Valentine Fleming (1882–1917), and his great-grandfather was the Scottish banker Robert Fleming, founder of the merchant bank Robert Fleming & Co. His uncle on his father's side was the James Bond novelist Ian Fleming. [2]
He was educated at Abberley Hall School and Eton. [2]
He started his career in 1970 as a stock market analyst at Robert Fleming & Co., the company founded by his great-grandfather, earning £7 per week. [2]
In April 2015, The Sunday Times Rich List incorrectly estimated his family's net worth at £1.5 billion. [3]
Fleming is chairman of Wits Gold, chairman of the Johannesburg Land Company, a director of Zambeef Products, chairman of Fleming Family & Partners, and has farming interests in Zambia and South Africa. [2]
Fleming describes himself as "just a long-term investor with firm beliefs in gold". [2]
He is married to Caroline Wake. They live on a farm in the Cotswolds and have four children, Hector, Nell, Angus and Dickon. [2] His son Hector Fleming is a former director of Standard Chartered's private equity team, co-founded the investment company Fleming Wulfsohn Africa, and is a director of Imara, The Johannesburg Land Company, Clover Alloys, GoldMoney Networks and Netagio Holdings. [4]
He is a member of White's, London, and the Rand Club of Johannesburg. [2]
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