Sir Richard Peter Pease, 4th Baronet (born September 1958) is a British fund manager, who manages the TM Crux European and TM Crux European Special Situations funds for Crux Asset Management, which he founded in 2014.
Early life
Pease was born in September 1958. He is the only son of
Sir Richard Pease, 3rd Baronet, and his wife, Anne Heyworth, and is the 4th baronet of the
baronetcy
A baronet ( or ; abbreviated Bart or Bt) or the female equivalent, a baronetess (, , or ; abbreviation Btss), is the holder of a baronetcy, a hereditary title awarded by the British Crown. The title of baronet is mentioned as early as the 14th ...
. He was educated at
Eton, followed by a bachelor's degree from
Durham University.
During his time at Durham, Pease was a member of
Hatfield College.
Career
He was head of European equities at
Jupiter Asset Management, before joining
Henderson Global Investors, where he was director of European equities.
In February 2016, it was reported that Pease was suing his former employer
Henderson Global Investors for £2.7 million in respect of unpaid income for the 2012 to 2014 period.
In his investment approach, Pease has been called the "European equivalent to
Neil Woodford
Neil Russell Woodford CBE (born March 1960) is a former fund manager and the founding partner of the defunct Woodford Investment Management.
Early life
Woodford was born in March 1960. He was brought up in Berkshire and attended Maidenhead Gra ...
".
Personal life
He is married to Victoria "Vita" Pease (maiden name also Pease), who was born in Brazil the daughter of an economics professor father.
In 2016, she published her first novel, ''Playing FTSE'' under the pen-name Penelope Jacobs.
They live in
Kensington, London, and have two sons and a daughter, and two older sons from Pease's first marriage.
Pease bought the 10-bedroom 17th-century Newland House in
Newland, Gloucestershire
Newland is a village and civil parish in the Forest of Dean in Gloucestershire, England.
situated on the east side of the River Wye, south-east of Monmouth. It is notable for its parish church of All Saints, known as the 'Cathedral of the Fo ...
, in 2011, and was renovating it, when it was "completely gutted" by fire in April 2012.
References
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1958 births
Living people
People educated at Eton College
Richard
Richard is a male given name. It originates, via Old French, from Old Frankish and is a compound of the words descending from Proto-Germanic ''*rīk-'' 'ruler, leader, king' and ''*hardu-'' 'strong, brave, hardy', and it therefore means 'stro ...
Alumni of Hatfield College, Durham
Baronets in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom