Hugh Sloane

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Hugh Sloane
Bornc. 1956
Alma mater University of Bristol
University of Oxford
OccupationHedge fund manager
SpouseKate
Children2 daughters

Hugh Patrick Sloane (born March 1956) is a British hedge fund manager. He is the co-founder of Sloane Robinson, headquartered in the City of London.

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Early life

Hugh Sloane was born circa 1956. He graduated from the University of Bristol with a degree in Economics and Politics. [1] He then received an MPhil in Economics from the University of Oxford. [1]

Career

Sloane started his career at GT Management (later merged with LGT Group) in Hong Kong in 1979. [1] By 1991, he was the chairman of its European investment committee in London. [1]

In 1993, with George Robinson, he co-founded Sloane Robinson, a hedge fund headquartered in the City of London. [2]

As of 2015, he was worth an estimated GBP £185 million. [2]

Sloane is an honorary fellow of Lincoln College, Oxford. [3]

Political activity

He made donations in excess of £600,000 to the Conservative Party from 2004 to 2015, including specific donations to MPs Charlotte Leslie, Angie Bray, Nicola Blackwood, [4] and Alan Mak.

Philanthropy

The 2002 Sloane Robinson Building at Keble College, Oxford bears his name, along with George Robinson. [5]

In July 2017, Sloane together with the Sloane Robinson Foundation donated £10 million to the University of Bristol, towards its new Temple Quarter Enterprise Campus (TQEC). [6]

Personal life

He is married to Kate, they have two daughters who live in London, and as of 2019, live at Banks Fee, an 18th-century Cotswold-stone house in parkland in Longborough, Gloucestershire. [7] Banks Fee is a grade II listed building. [8]

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References

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  4. Oliver Wright, Charlotte Leslie: Tory MP’s sudden change of heart over tax-avoidance donor, The Independent, 17 February 2015
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  6. "Landmark £10 million gift for the University of Bristol's ambitious new Temple Quarter Enterprise Campus". UK: University of Bristol. 10 July 2017. Retrieved 6 August 2022.
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