George Robinson (hedge fund manager)
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George Robinson | |
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| Born | November 1956 Hampstead, London, England |
| Other names | George Edward Silvanus Robinson |
| Education | Eton College |
| Alma mater | Keble College, Oxford |
| Occupation(s) | Hedge fund manager, media proprietor, philanthropist |
| Known for | Sloane Robinson |
| Children | 3 children |
George Edward Silvanus Robinson (born November 1956) is a British hedge fund manager, media proprietor, and philanthropist. He is the co-founder of Sloane Robinson, a hedge fund headquartered in the City of London.
George Robinson was born in November 1956,[1] in Hampstead, London.[2] He was a King's Scholar at Eton College (1970–1974).[3] He matriculated at Keble College, a constituent college of the University of Oxford, in 1975,[4] gaining a BA degree in Engineering Science in 1979.[3]
Career
Robinson started his career at the Swire Group in Hong Kong.[5] He then worked at Cathay Pacific, an airline partially owned by the Swire Group.[5] In 1985, he joined W. I. Carr as their researcher on Korean Stock Exchange companies, working in Seoul,[5] then moved on to Bangkok, Thailand, still working for Carr, to report on companies listed on the Stock Exchange of Thailand.[5] In 1991, he became Carr's Director of Research in Hong Kong and China.[5]
In 1993, with Hugh Sloane, Robinson co-founded Sloane Robinson, a hedge fund with its headquarters in the City of London.[6] He was still a Director in 2012. He also serves on the advisory board of Cerno Capital.[5]
In 2008, Robinson and fellow financier Peter Hall, each acquired 26% of Prospect, a British political affairs magazine, from Derek Coombs.[7] As a result, Hall and Robinson jointly had a controlling stake in the magazine. They later sold it, and Prospect is now owned by the Resolution Foundation.[7]
Robinson was worth an estimated £220 million in 2008.[7] As of 2015, the figure was £185 million.[6]