Barnaby Swire

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Barnaby Swire
BornJanuary 1964 (age 59)
NationalityBritish
Education Eton College
Alma mater University College, Oxford
OccupationBusinessman
Children4
Relatives Sir John Anthony Swire (father), Sir Adrian Swire (uncle) Merlin Swire (cousin) Samuel Swire (cousin) Samuel Swire (cousin)

Barnaby Nicholas Swire (born January 1964) is a British billionaire businessman. [1] He is the chairman of the Swire Group.

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Early life

Barnaby Swire was born in January 1964. [2] [3] He was educated at Eton College. [2] He is a son of the late Sir John Anthony Swire, chairman of the Swire Group between 1966 and 1987 and life president of John Swire & Sons Ltd. He studied history and modern languages at University College, Oxford, leaving in 1985. [2]

Career

Swire started his career at the family business, John Swire & Sons, in 1985. [2] He worked for them in Hong Kong, Papua New Guinea and Japan. [2] He transferred to London in 1994, where he continued to work for the Swire Group. [2] He served on the board of directors of Lewmar Marine. [4]

He has served as the chairman of the Swire Group since the end of 2014, [4] [5] when he replaced James Hughes-Hallett. [6] He was chairman of The China Navigation Company Ltd., until 2019.

Following his father's death in November 2016, he is now a billionaire. [7]

Personal life

He is married and has four children. [2] They reside in Kent. [2]

Swire is a significant donor to the Conservative Party. [8]

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