John Christopher Armitage (born 20 December 1959) is a British-Irish billionaire hedge fund manager, the chief investment officer and a co-founder of Egerton Capital. According to The ''

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'' in 2019, Armitage is worth £600 million.

Early life

John Christopher Armitage was born on 20 December 1959. He earned a degree in modern history from

Pembroke College, Cambridge Pembroke College (officially "The Master, Fellows and Scholars of the College or Hall of Valence-Mary") is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge, England. The college is the third-oldest college of the university and has over 700 ...

in 1981.

Career

Armitage joined

Morgan Grenfell Morgan, Grenfell & Co. was a leading London-based investment bank regarded as one of the oldest and once most influential British merchant banks. It had its origins in a merchant banking business commenced by George Peabody. Junius Spencer Morgan ...

in 1981, and was a director of Morgan Grenfell Asset Management from March 1991 until he left in 1994. Armitage and William Bollinger co-founded Egerton Capital in 1994. Armitage is the chief investment officer. In 2006, Armitage became a member of the investment board of the University of Cambridge. In the year to 31 March 2014, Egerton made a profit of £141.4 million, which was divided between its 12 partners. At the end of 2017, Egerton had $18.8 billion in assets under management.

Personal life

Armitage lives in London, England. He is married to Catherine Armitage. In May 2017, he gave £500,000 to the

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. In 2022, Armitage left the Conservative Party and began donating to the Labour Party, with donations also made to the party leader Keir Starmer and Wes Streeting, the

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. In 2018, he acquired Irish citizenship. In February 2018, he purchased a Park Avenue, New York apartment for US$18 million.

References

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