Harald McPike

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Harald McPike (born 1958) is a Bahamas-based Austrian billionaire, and a 36% owner of Starling Bank. [1]

He was born in Zürich, Switzerland in 1958. [2] He grew up in Austria, and in the 1980s, studied economics at the University of Vienna. [2]

McPike started his career as a blackjack player. [3] [4] He is the founder of the Bahamas-based quantitative investment manager QuantRes. [5]

McPike has been to the North and South Poles, and wants to go into space. [6] In 2014, he paid a US$7 million deposit to Virginia company Space Adventures towards a lunar orbit for $150 million, and in 2019 after two years of litigation settled with the company. [6]

He is based in The Bahamas. [6] McPike owns the 164-feet hybrid yacht Home, [7] which is estimated to be worth $35 million. [8] He has lived aboard the yacht, [9] and listed it for sale in 2021. [10]

McPike is married to Joann McPike, the founder of Think Global School. [2] They have a son. [11]

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  2. 1 2 3 Weeks, Ryan (9 March 2020). "Who is Harald McPike, the secretive investor behind Starling Bank?". Financial News. Retrieved 19 June 2022.
  3. ↑ Kalyeena Makortoff (18 June 2022). "The Covid loans, the billionaire … and Starling, the very fast-growing bank". theguardian.com. Retrieved 16 November 2024.
  4. ↑ Ortenca Aliaj (3 October 2023). "Secretive billionaire Harald McPike sues over collapse of Spac deal". ft.com. Retrieved 16 November 2024.
  5. ↑ Taylor, Charlie (13 February 2019). "Starling Bank raises £75m to fund international expansion". The Irish Times. Retrieved 19 June 2022.
  6. 1 2 3 Weiner, Rachel; Davenport, Christian (26 May 2019). "He wanted to fly around the moon. He ended up in court instead". The Washington Post. Retrieved 19 June 2022.
  7. ↑ Jim Dobson (18 December 2021). "Billionaire Superyacht Showdown: Who's Who In St. Barths For New Years 2022". forbes.com. Retrieved 21 November 2024.
  8. ↑ "Explore the Eco-friendly Luxury Yacht HOME: A Heesen Masterpiece with Hybrid Propulsion". superyachtfan.com. Retrieved 21 November 2024.
  9. ↑ Otilia Drăgan (10 January 2022). "Controversial Billionaire Adventurer Parting With the Superyacht That Was His Actual Home". autoevolution.com. Retrieved 21 November 2024.
  10. ↑ Francesca Webster (8 September 2021). "Heesen's 50m hybrid superyacht Home is now for sale". superyachttimes.com. Retrieved 21 November 2024.
  11. ↑ Andrew Laxon (28 September 2014). "Term one - India, term two - Spain: The school where students are continuously travelling the world". nzherald.co.nz. Retrieved 24 November 2024.
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