Stephen Philip Lansdown (born 30 August 1952) is co-founder with Peter Hargreaves of UK financial services firm Hargreaves Lansdown and majority shareholder of Bristol City Football Club.
Educated at Thornbury Grammar School in Gloucestershire and trained as an accountant,[1] Stephen Lansdown started Hargreaves Lansdown trading from a bedroom in 1981 and in 2009 was reportedly worth around £280 million.[2]
In April 2009, he sold a stake of 4.7% in Hargreaves Lansdown for a sum of £47.2million, which he put towards the cost of building Bristol City's new football stadium.[3] Lansdown has a holiday home in the South of France.[1]
The family recently moved to Guernsey.
According to Hargeaves Landsdown's notifiable director deals, on 7-10-2010 Stephen P Lansdown, Non-Executive Director, sold (at 429.00p) 13,560,843.00 shares at a value of £58,176,016.47.
He is married with two children.[1]