Christopher Flowers
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J. Christopher Flowers (born October 27, 1957) is a billionaire who runs JC Flowers & Company. With Ripplewood Holdings, he bought Long-Term Credit Bank of Japan in 2000 and renamed it Shinsei Bank.[1] He is currently seeking to buy a third of Shinsei Bank after it was forced to write down $107m (€72m) in losses from the 2007 Subprime mortgage financial crisis.[2]
[edit] References
- ^ The 400 Richest Americans. Forbes (09.21.2006).
- ^ Flowers seeks third of Shinsei. Financial Times (November 21 2007).