Alan Howard | |
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Born | 1964or1965(age 58–59) England |
Education | Hasmonean Grammar School |
Alma mater | Imperial College London |
Occupation | Hedge fund manager |
Known for | Co-founder of Brevan Howard |
Spouses | Sabine Howard (div. 2015)Caroline Byron (m. 2020) |
Children | 6 |
Alan Howard (born 1964 or 1965) [1] is a British billionaire hedge fund manager and co-founder of Brevan Howard Asset Management LLP. [2] In February 2013, Forbes listed him as one of the 40 highest-earning hedge fund managers. [3] In 2014, he was ranked 53rd on the UK's Sunday Times Rich List . [4] According to Forbes, as of 2019, Howard's net worth is $1.6 billion. [5]
He was born in England to a Jewish [1] family, Howard attended Hasmonean Grammar School, Hendon London. After graduating from Imperial College London with a master's degree in engineering, [6] he began his financial career at Salomon Brothers and worked in the ECU eurobond market. [7]
Howard served on the New York Federal Reserve's investor advisory committee on financial markets and is one of a group of financial managers, who on occasion, advised New York Federal Reserve officials on economic policy. [8]
In 2019, Howard stepped down as the CEO of Brevan Howard. He was replaced by then chief risk officer, Aron Landy. [9] [10]
In 2020, Howard backed hedge fund One River Digital Asset Management in their purchase of more than $600 million worth of Bitcoin and Ethereum. [11] The fund has commitments that will bring its total holdings of the cryptocurrencies to approximately $1 billion in 2021.
In 2020, Howard was named in the 50 Most Influential (Bloomberg ranking) People Who Changed Global Business. [12]
He was married to Sabine Howard, who is French, and they have four children. [13] [14] They divorced in 2015. He married Caroline Byron in January 2020 and they have two children. [15]
In 2010, Howard moved from London to Geneva, Switzerland. [16] Five years later, he purchased a $14.5 million condo in Miami, Florida. [17] In 2017, he returned to London. [18]
Howard has been active in the United Kingdom's Conservative Party circles. [2] Since 2019, he has donated £1.6 million to the party, including a one-off donation of £1 million in the spring of 2023. [19]
Howard founded the Alan Howard Charitable Foundation which until closing in 2010 [20] contributed to charities that focused on Israel, Holocaust education and the homeless. [21] Howard continues to support homeless charities. [2]
In 2014, Howard started The Alan Howard Foundation/JW3 Speaker Series, which is a collection of conversations, talks, and entertainment by leaders and experts in their respective fields. Each event is intended to raise money for the JW3 centre in London. [22] [23] [24]
In December 2019, Reuters reviewed documents of the Cypriot government which show that Howard requested Cypriot citizenship in 2018. [25]
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