Alan Howard (hedge fund manager)

Alan Howard
Born 1963 (age 51–52)
England
Residence Geneva, Switzerland
Nationality British
Ethnicity Jewish
Education B.S. Imperial College London
Occupation Hedge fund manager
Known for co-founder of Brevan Howard Asset Management LLP
Net worth GBP £1.5 billion (STRL, April 2015)[1]
US$1.6 billion (Forbes, 2014)

Alan Howard (born September 1963) is the co-founder of Brevan Howard Asset Management LLP, and a former director of the Conservative Friends of Israel.[2] In February 2013, Forbes listed him as one of the 40 Highest-Earning hedge fund managers.[3] In 2014, he appears at the 53rd rank of the Sunday Times Rich List.[4] His net worth according to Forbes is $1.6 billion as of 2014.[5]

Biography

Born in England to a Jewish[6] family, Howard graduated from Imperial College London with a Master of Science.[7] He began his financial career at Salomon Brothers and worked in the ECU eurobond market.[8]

Howard serves on the New York Federal Reserve's Investor Advisory Committee on Financial Markets and is one of a group of financial managers who on occasion advise New York Federal Reserve officials on economic policy.[9]

Howard founded the Alan Howard Charitable Foundation, which contributes to charities that aims to support Israel and other Jewish causes with a focus on Holocaust education, the homeless and Israeli film.[10] He operates a charitable foundation and supports homeless charities.[2]

In 2010, he moved from London to Geneva, Switzerland.[11]

References

  1. ↑ "Sunday Times Rich List". The Sunday Times (page 29). 26 April 2014.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "The Business On... Alan Howard, Founder, Brevan Howard". The Independent. September 21, 2011. Retrieved September 3, 2013.
  3. ↑ Vardi, Nathan (Feb 26, 2013), "The 40 Highest-Earning Hedge Fund Managers & Traders 2013", Forbes
  4. ↑ "2014 Sunday Times Rich List". Retrieved 5 May 2014.
  5. ↑ net worth howard
  6. ↑ Andrew Clark (March 11, 2010). "Alan Howard: New billionaire on the block". The Guardian.
  7. ↑ "Alan Howard". Forbes. Retrieved 19 March 2013.
  8. ↑ "Alan Howard", Dow Jones Financial News
  9. ↑ Goldstein, Matthew and Ablan, Jennifer and Wachtel, Katya (October 10, 2013). "Top global hedge fund Brevan Howard takes emerging markets hit". Reuters. Retrieved October 18, 2013.
  10. ↑ The Jewish Chronicle "The JC Power 100: Alan Howard" September 5, 2008
  11. ↑ "Alan Howard moves to Geneva" Efinancial News E financial news

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