Leonie Schroder

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Leonie Schroder
Born
Leonie Kira Emma Schroder

1974or1975(age 49–50) [1]
NationalityBritish
Education University of St Andrews
TitleDirector, Schroders
TermMarch 2019-
Spouse
Nicholas Francis Fane
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(m. 1997;div. 2014)​
Children3
Parent Bruno Schroder

Leonie Kira Emma Schroder (born 1974/1975) is a British billionaire heiress, and the daughter of the late Bruno Schroder of the Schroders dynasty. After his death in March 2019, she took over his seat on the board of directors.

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Early life

Leonie Kira Emma Schroder [2] is the only child of Bruno Schroder and his first wife, Patricia "Piffa" Holt. She was educated at the University of St Andrews [1]

Career

Schroder has been a director of the Schroder Charity Trust, the Red Squirrel Survival Trust and "various entities connected to Dunlossit, the family's large estate" on the Isle of Islay, off Scotland's west coast. [1]

In March 2019, Schroders appointed her to fill the seat on its board left by her father's death two weeks earlier. [1] [3] This was despite her never having had a role at Schroders or any large financial services company. [1] [3] Other family members, such as her father, had spent years with the company before they became a board director. [1]

In January 2020, Schroder and family were ranked third in a list of the UK's top 50 taxpayers, with an annual tax bill of £116.8 million on their £4 billion wealth. [4] In May 2020, her net worth was estimated at £4.0 billion. [5]

Personal life

In 1997, she married Nicholas Francis Fane, an Old Etonian, in Westminster, London. [1] [6] They had three children together, and divorced in 2014. [1] He died on 19 December 2014, "suddenly and tragically", aged 57, [7] and his funeral was held on 8 January 2015 at St. Nicholas Church, Steventon, Hampshire. [8] Fane was a keen sportsman, and in 2008, appeared in "The Field's 50 top shots", published by The Field magazine. [9] [10]

They bought the 1200-acre Hurstbourne Park estate in Whitchurch, Hampshire, formerly the home of Lord Portsmouth, from the Donner family in December 2000. [11] [2] A year later, they planned to demolish the remains of the 19th-century house and build a new one, whilst retaining the listed stable block, and the 19th century walled garden and pump house. [12] [11] They were planning on creating a semi-wild shooting estate. [10] The park and garden is grade II listed. [13]

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  2. 1 2 "Changes of Name". www.thegazette.co.uk.
  3. 1 2 Burton, Lucy (7 March 2019). "Schroders puts heiress Leonie on board as it counts cost of difficult year" – via www.telegraph.co.uk.
  4. ↑ Cash, Justin (27 January 2020). "Peter Hargreaves and Leonie Schroder make top taxpayers list". money marketing. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
  5. ↑ Harley-McKeown, Lucy (17 May 2020). "The Sunday Times Rich List 2020: The 10 richest women in Britain". Yahoo Finance UK. Retrieved 19 June 2020.
  6. ↑ "England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005". Familysearch.org. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
  7. ↑ "FANE - NICHOLAS FRANCIS". Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 19 June 2020.
  8. ↑ "FANE - Nicholas Francis". Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 19 June 2020.
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