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Alan Howard (hedge fund manager)
British hedge fund manager From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Alan Howard (born 1964 or 1965)[1] is a British billionaire hedge fund manager and co-founder of Brevan Howard Asset Management LLP.[2] In February 2013, Forbes listed him as one of the 40 highest-earning hedge fund managers.[3] In 2014, he was ranked 53rd on the UK's Sunday Times Rich List.[4] According to Forbes, as of 2019, Howard's net worth is $1.6 billion.[5]
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Early life
He was born in England to a Jewish[1] family, Howard attended Hasmonean Grammar School, Hendon London. After graduating from Imperial College London with a master's degree in engineering,[6] he began his financial career at Salomon Brothers and worked in the ECU eurobond market.[7]
Career
Howard served on the New York Federal Reserve's investor advisory committee on financial markets and is one of a group of financial managers, who on occasion, advised New York Federal Reserve officials on economic policy.[8]
In 2019, Howard stepped down as the CEO of Brevan Howard. He was replaced by then chief risk officer, Aron Landy.[9][10]
In 2020, Howard backed hedge fund One River Digital Asset Management in their purchase of more than $600 million worth of Bitcoin and Ethereum.[11] The fund has commitments that will bring its total holdings of the cryptocurrencies to approximately $1 billion in 2021.
In 2020, Howard was named in the 50 Most Influential (Bloomberg ranking) People Who Changed Global Business.[12]
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Personal life
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He was married to Sabine Howard, who is French, and they have four children.[13][14] They divorced in 2015. He married Caroline Byron in January 2020 and they have two children.[15]
In 2010, Howard moved from London to Geneva, Switzerland.[16] Five years later, he purchased a $14.5 million condo in Miami, Florida.[17] In 2017, he returned to London.[18]
Howard has been active in the United Kingdom's Conservative Party circles.[2] Since 2019, he has donated £1.6 million to the party, including a one-off donation of £1 million in the spring of 2023.[19]
Howard founded the Alan Howard Charitable Foundation which until closing in 2010[20] contributed to charities that focused on Israel, Holocaust education and the homeless.[21] Howard continues to support homeless charities.[2]
In 2014, Howard started The Alan Howard Foundation/JW3 Speaker Series, which is a collection of conversations, talks, and entertainment by leaders and experts in their respective fields. Each event is intended to raise money for the JW3 centre in London.[22][23][24]
In December 2019, Reuters reviewed documents of the Cypriot government which show that Howard requested Cypriot citizenship in 2018.[25]
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