Peter Charles Percival Hambro (born 18 January 1945) is one of the founders of Petropavlovsk plc, (formerly

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), a gold mining business in Russia.

Early life

Peter Hambro was born on 18 January 1945,Peter Hambro: The rise of a dedicated gold bull
Daily Telegraph, 3 May 2008 the son of Lt-Col Everard Bingham Hambro, and grandson of Major-General Sir

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. One of his paternal ancestors, Carl Joachim Hambro, was a Danish banker. Hambro was educated at

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and

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Career

Hambro initially worked at a firm of

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. He then briefly worked at

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before moving on to ''Smith St Aubyn'', a discount house, where he became a

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in 1973. From 1983 to 1990 he worked at ''Mocatta & Goldsmid'', a bullion house, where he became Deputy

. In 1994 with Pavel Maslovskiy, Hambro co-founded

, which was renamed Petropavlovsk plc in 2009. He served as its chairman until June 2017. Petropavlovsk went into administration in July 2022.

Personal life

Hambro married Karen Brodrick in 1968. They have three sons.

References

1945 births Living people People educated at Eton College Aix-Marseille University alumni British people of Danish descent British people of German-Jewish descent Barons of Denmark Danish nobility

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