Steve Hilton

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Steve Hilton is the director of strategy for David Cameron, leader of the Conservative Party. He and his partner Rachel Whetstone are godparents to David Cameron's eldest son Ivan.

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[edit] Early life

Hilton is the son of Hungarian emigrés called Hircksac,[1] who fled their home during the Hungarian Revolution of 1956 and anglicized their name to Hilton when they settled in Britain. Their son won a scholarship to Christ's Hospital school in Sussex before reading PPE at Oxford.

[edit] Career

After graduating, Hilton joined Conservative Central Office, where he came to know David Cameron and Rachel Whetstone, his future wife and Global VP of Public Affairs and Communications for Google[2]. He liaised with the party's favourite advertising firm, Saatchi and Saatchi, and was praised by Maurice Saatchi, who remarked, "No one reminds me as much of me when young as Steve."[1] It is alleged that Hilton said "I voted Green" after the Labour landslide of 2001,[1] but since then he has worked with Cameron to re-brand the Conservative party as green and progressive.

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c 'David's brain' transforms Tory brand, The Guardian, December 2, 2006 [1]
  2. ^ http://www.prweek.com/uk/home/article/813459/Google-moves-quickly-replace-comms-chief/

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