Michael Hintze

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Michael Hintze is an Australian millionaire businessman, philanthropist and political patron, based in the United Kingdom.

He was educated at the University of Sydney residing at St John's College, and Harvard University.

He is the head of CQS Management, a private London hedge fund, and has been cited in the press as one of the highest paid people in the City.[1] He has an estimated fortune of £250 million.[2]

He and his wife Dorothy Hintze have been notable philanthropists, with donations including £2.5 million to the Victoria and Albert Museum, resulting in the opening of the "Dorothy and Michael Hintze Gallery" in July 2007.[3] He is the Patron and donor of the St John's College, University of Sydney 150th Anniversary Capital Appeal.

In 2006, at the time of the "Cash for Peerages" allegations concerning the Labour Party, Hintze voluntarily revealed he was one of the previously anonymous patrons who had made loans to the Conservative Party.[4]

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  1. ^ http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/news/article.html?in_article_id=404355&in_page_id=2 "Hedge fund boss with a '£60m pay packet'."
  2. ^ Michael Hintze
  3. ^ V&A.
  4. ^ Iain Dale'S Diary: Exclusive: Loan Tory Chooses This Blog To Go Public