Damon Buffini
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Damon Buffini is an English businessman, who heads the private equity company Permira.
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[edit] Biography
Born in Leicester in 1962, the son of an African American serviceman and a British woman, he was educated at the Gateway school in Leicester. Buffini graduated in law from St John's College, Cambridge University, and has an MBA from Harvard Business School.[1]Out of a list of 100, Buffini topped the list as the most powerful black male in the Britain by New Nation. He boasts staggering power and influence, together with a personal fortune of between £100m and £200m. Buffini was recently appointed to Prime Minister Gordon Brown's business advisory panel[2]
Buffini worked for LEK Partnership, and under the firm's scholarship scheme undertook an MBA from Harvard Business School.[3] On return to the UK he joined Imperial Group working as a management consultant, before being recruited by Jon Moulton (now head of rival firm Alchemy), in 1988 to join Schroders leveraged buyout team, known then as Schroder Ventures Europe.[4]
Buffini became a partner in 1992, and promoted to Managing Partner of the UK business in 1999, and Managing Partner in 2000, just before he led a management buyout group and renamed the firm Permira. Buffini took home £3.2 million plus bonuses in 2004.[5]
Buffini is also a non-executive board member of SVG Capital plc.
[edit] Personal life
Married to an ethnic Chinese solicitor Deborah, the couple have three children, a family home in Weybridge[6] and a city flat in Wandsworth. Buffini plays tennis and golf, football for a local amateur side, and supports Arsenal.[7]
Buffini is a keen golf player. In his days free from the office he spends his time playing with a group of golfers calling themselves the "wallahs." The "wallahs" originally consisted of some friends who graduated from Cambridge, Damon being one of them. Since then the group has gained a few more members.
[edit] References
- ^ Permira
- ^ http://www.guardian.co.uk/race/story/0,,2156616,00.html
- ^ Permira
- ^ Permira boss takes home £3.2m - and no surprise as spotlight falls on Buffini | Business | The Guardian
- ^ Permira boss takes home £3.2m - and no surprise as spotlight falls on Buffini | Business | The Guardian
- ^ Invisible man forced into view by his golden touch - Times Online
- ^ Profile: Damon Buffini | Business | The Guardian
