Roddie Fleming

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Roddie Fleming
Born
Roderick John Fleming

1953 (age 7071)
NationalityBritish
Education Eton
Oxford University
OccupationBanker
Spouse
Diana Wake
(m. 1979)
Children2
Relatives Valentine Fleming (grandfather)
Ian Fleming (uncle)
Adam Fleming (brother)
Sarsgrove Wood, which forms part of the family estate, 2012 Beech Avenue at end of Sarsgrove Wood - May 2012 - panoramio.jpg
Sarsgrove Wood, which forms part of the family estate, 2012

Roderick John Fleming (born 1953) is a British merchant banker and private wealth manager, and the founder of Fleming Family & Partners.

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Early life

Roddie Fleming is the son of Major Richard Evelyn Fleming, and grandson of Valentine Fleming. Ian Fleming, author of the James Bond novels, was his uncle. [1] His older brother is the Adam Fleming. He was educated at Eton and Oxford University. [2] During his time at Oxford Fleming was a member of the Bullingdon club. [3]

Career

A fourth-generation member of the family, he had been expected to become chairman of Robert Fleming & Co., an asset merchant bank and asset manager, in 2000, but the business was sold to Chase Manhattan Bank for £4.4 billion (then US$7.7 billion). [4] In July 2005, The Times wrote "The £4.4bn price tag seemed full at the time. It seems even more generous now". [5] [4]

About 130 family members received over £1.3 billion for their 30% holding, and this money was largely invested through the privately owned family office Fleming Family & Partners (FF&P) which Fleming founded that year. [4] [6] In 2007, he was its largest shareholder. [6]

In 2003, his net worth was estimated at £1.05 billion. [2] In 2008, the Sunday Times estimated his net worth at £1.9 billion. [7]

In 2012, "hard-hit" investments in mining and finance led Fleming to put up for sale two farms bordering his Sarsgrove estate near Chipping Norton, totalling 700 acres and valued in excess of £4 million. [8]

Personal life

In 1979, Fleming married Diana Wake, daughter of Sir Hereward Wake, 14th Baronet. [2] They have twin daughters Hermione "Hum" and Chloe Fleming. [1] [2]

The family home is the grade II* listed Dower House, Sarsgrove Wood, Churchill, Oxfordshire. [9] [1] [10]

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