Alma mater Keble College, Oxford Net worth GBP £185 million | Name George Robinson | |
Occupation Hedge fund manager, media proprietor, philanthropist | ||
George Robinson (born c. 1957) 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.
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Early life
George Robinson was born circa 1957. He matriculated at Keble College, a constituent college of the University of Oxford, in 1975.
Career
Robinson started his career at the Swire Group in Hong Kong. He then worked at Cathay Pacific, an airline partially owned by the Swire Group. In 1985, he joined W.I. Carr and did research on the Korean Stock Exchange for them in Seoul, South Korea. He then moved to Bangkok, Thailand, where he did research on the Stock Exchange of Thailand for W.I. Carr. In 1991, he became their Director of Research in Hong Kong and China.
In 1993, with Hugh Sloane, he co-founded Sloane Robinson, a hedge fun headquartered in the City of London. He serves as a Director.
He serves on the Advisory Board of Cerno Capital.
In 2008, with fellow financier Peter Hall, he acquired 26% of Prospect, a British magazine of political affairs, from Derek Coombs. As a result, both Hall and Robinson have a controlling stake in the magazine.
He was worth an estimated £220 million in 2008. As of 2015, he is worth an estimated GBP £185 million.
Philanthropy
He has made charitable contributions to his alma mater, Keble College, where he chairs a fundraising campaign known as the "2020 Campaign." and he is as an Honorary Fellow. He also serves on the Investment Committees of Eton College.
He serves on the Board of Trustees of the Policy Exchange, a think tank based in Westminster.
Political activity
He is a major donor to the Conservative Party. From 2004 to 2015, he donated in excess of £400,000 to the party.