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John Joseph Paul Studzinski,
CBE The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organisations, and public service outside the civil service. It was established o ...
(born March 19, 1956) is an American-British investment banker and philanthropist. Since September 2018 he has been Managing Director and Vice Chairman of the global investment-management firm PIMCO. Prior to joining PIMCO, he was Vice Chairman of Investor Relations and Business Development and a Senior Managing Director at
The Blackstone Group Blackstone Inc. is an American alternative investment management company based in New York City. Blackstone's private equity business has been one of the largest investors in leveraged buyouts in the last three decades, while its real estate b ...
. He had joined Blackstone in 2006 as global head of Blackstone Advisory Partners, the company's mergers and acquisitions advisory arm, and he ran that division for nearly a decade. Prior to joining Blackstone, he was at
Morgan Stanley Morgan Stanley is an American multinational investment management and financial services company headquartered at 1585 Broadway in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. With offices in more than 41 countries and more than 75,000 employees, the fir ...
from 1980–2003, and at HSBC from 2003–2006, building mergers-and-acquisitions divisions in both institutions. Studzinski is involved in philanthropy, patronage, and charity work, mainly around
the arts The arts are a very wide range of human practices of creative expression, storytelling and cultural participation. They encompass multiple diverse and plural modes of thinking, doing and being, in an extremely broad range of media. Both ...
, the homeless, and
human rights Human rights are moral principles or normsJames Nickel, with assistance from Thomas Pogge, M.B.E. Smith, and Leif Wenar, 13 December 2013, Stanford Encyclopedia of PhilosophyHuman Rights Retrieved 14 August 2014 for certain standards of hu ...
. His charity, the Genesis Foundation, supports creatives early in their careers. He co-founded and chairs the Arise Foundation, which combats human trafficking and slavery. Born and raised in the U.S., Studzinski moved to the UK in 1984, and holds American and British citizenship. Since 2006, he has divided his time between London and New York.Dalley, Jan
"Lunch with the FT: John Studzinski"
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''. January 21, 2011.


Early life and education

John Studzinski was born in 1956 in Peabody, Massachusetts, a town 15 miles northeast of
Boston Boston (), officially the City of Boston, is the state capital and most populous city of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, as well as the cultural and financial center of the New England region of the United States. It is the 24th- mo ...
. His parents were working-class Polish immigrants, and his father was a financial manager at
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's aircraft-engine division. Education and industriousness were emphasized in the family, and music as well. His was a traditional Polish Catholic family and community, and Catholicism and Christianity were a bedrock in his life. He worked in soup kitchens as a teenager, and helped start a toll-free number to inform adolescents about sexually transmitted diseases. Studzinski attended prep school at St. John's Preparatory School in Massachusetts, graduating in 1974. He graduated magna cum laude from Bowdoin College in 1978, with a double BA degree in biology and sociology. He received an
MBA A Master of Business Administration (MBA; also Master's in Business Administration) is a postgraduate degree focused on business administration. The core courses in an MBA program cover various areas of business administration such as accounti ...
in finance and marketing from the
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in 1980.John Studzinski CBE
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''. 2012.


Career


Morgan Stanley

After receiving his MBA, Studzinski began his investment banking career in New York in 1980 on Wall Street, at
Morgan Stanley Morgan Stanley is an American multinational investment management and financial services company headquartered at 1585 Broadway in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. With offices in more than 41 countries and more than 75,000 employees, the fir ...
. He spent 23 years at the company, in positions of increasing responsibility. In 1984 he moved to
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, to create and build Morgan Stanley’s European
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(M&A) advisory business.Orr, Deborah
"New Ledger"
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He served as head of the European investment banking division and deputy chairman of Morgan Stanley International. By the time he left Morgan Stanley in 2003, the division he built was the number three European M&A advisory.Spikes, Sarah
"Studzinski leaving raises doubts about HSBC's commitment"
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''. May 18, 2006.


HSBC

In June 2003, Sir John Bond at London-based multinational bank giant HSBC hired Studzinski to create and build an investment banking division, along with Stuart Gulliver. As co-head of investment banking at HSBC Group, and a member of the Group Management Board,About John Studzinski
''John Studzinski's blog''. Retrieved April 3, 2015.
Studzinski was in charge of mergers and acquisitions, while Gulliver built the markets side of the investment banking franchise. Studzinski made a number of hirings, and grew the new M&A division."John Studzinski Joins Blackstone"
The Blackstone Group Blackstone Inc. is an American alternative investment management company based in New York City. Blackstone's private equity business has been one of the largest investors in leveraged buyouts in the last three decades, while its real estate b ...
. May 18, 2006.
After three years at HSBC, following Bond's retirement, Studzinski left for Blackstone in May 2006.


Blackstone

In 2006 Studzinski joined
The Blackstone Group Blackstone Inc. is an American alternative investment management company based in New York City. Blackstone's private equity business has been one of the largest investors in leveraged buyouts in the last three decades, while its real estate b ...
, an American multinational corporation based in
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. He joined as the senior managing director in its investment and advisory group and as a member of the firm's executive committee. He was recruited to oversee and develop Blackstone’s mergers-and-acquisitions advisory business, Blackstone Advisory Partners, in the United States and Europe, and to open an office in London.Wachman, Richard
"Cracking the Studzinski code"
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CEO Stephen A. Schwarzman said in 2006 that Studzinski's "outstanding track record in transatlantic investment banking will be invaluable in accelerating the growth of our advisory business". Studzinski is based in both New York and London. His primary role as global head of Blackstone Advisory Partners was to oversee Blackstone's corporate M&A advisory services business in the U.S., and further develop the corporate M&A advisory business in Europe and Asia. He was personally involved in many of the firm's largest advisory assignments. He advised multinational corporations, conglomerates, governments, banks, and institutions, on acquisitions, equity investments, restructurings, spin-offs, mergers, and overseas operations. In early 2015, Blackstone began spinning off three of its divisions, including its M&A advisory group, to avoid any potential conflicts of interest with its primary private-equity business. After assisting with the transition,Roumeliotis, Greg and Paritosh Bansal
"UPDATE 4-Blackstone gives up its roots in advisory unit spin-off"
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''. October 10, 2014.
Studzinski became Vice Chairman of Investor Relations and Business Development at Blackstone.John Studzinski
– Official profile, Blackstone. Retrieved January 18, 2018.
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''Fund Portfolio Management''. January 23, 2015.
In this capacity, he holds responsibility for a number of sovereign and international institutional relationships, as well as ultra high-net-worth families outside the U.S.


PIMCO

In September 2018, Studzinski was appointed to the newly created roles of Managing Director and Vice Chairman of the global investment-management firm PIMCO.Baumgaertel, Christian; Bhaktavatsalam, Sree Vidya
"Pimco Hires Ex-Blackstone's Studzinski to Advise Top Clients"
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He acts as an advisor to PIMCO clients including governments, pension funds, corporations,
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s,
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s, and foundations.de la Merced, Michael J.; Sorkin, Andrew Ross
"Pimco Hires Top Deal Maker From Blackstone"
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''. September 5, 2018.
Ge Huang, Vicky
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He will also help PIMCO's expand globally. He is based in PIMCO's executive office in New York City, shuttling also to London and to PIMCO's headquarters in Newport Beach, California, and he reports directly to CEO
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.


Philanthropy

Studzinski is a philanthropist mainly in three categories:
the arts The arts are a very wide range of human practices of creative expression, storytelling and cultural participation. They encompass multiple diverse and plural modes of thinking, doing and being, in an extremely broad range of media. Both ...
, the homeless, and
human rights Human rights are moral principles or normsJames Nickel, with assistance from Thomas Pogge, M.B.E. Smith, and Leif Wenar, 13 December 2013, Stanford Encyclopedia of PhilosophyHuman Rights Retrieved 14 August 2014 for certain standards of hu ...
."John Studzinski: Senior director at Blackstone who does God and Mammon"
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The motivation behind his philanthropic work is "human dignity, and the nurturing of it".


Arts

In addition to the more than $10million he has given to the
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museum as of 2016,Nayeri, Farah
"Blackstone’s Studzinski to Give Tate $1.57 Million More"
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Studzinski states he wants to support early stages of careers in the arts. He feels that "money is so much better spent on the process of creating, on nurturing emerging talent and staying with it, a commitment over the years. And networks: bringing young creative people into a network they can learn from and that will support them." In 2001 he established the Genesis Foundation, which helps and supports developing artists in the fields of music, theatre, and the visual arts.Nayeri, Farah
"Blackstone's Studzinski Gives Millions Nurturing Tomorrow's Art"
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''. October 2, 2007.
It is his personal foundation, which he fully funds. As of 2017, the Genesis Foundation has supported more than 1,000 artists and has donated over £10million.John J Studzinski CBE
Arts & Business Arts & Business is a charitable organisation whose role is to develop partnerships between the cultural and private sectors in the United Kingdom. Their aim is to increase investment for the arts from businesses and individuals, while encouraging t ...
. Retrieved August 18, 2015.
Some of the Genesis Foundation's projects have included awarding scholarships to support students in the three-year acting course at
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.Genesis Foundation
''GenesisFoundation.org.uk''.
As of 2017, it sponsors the Genesis LAMDA Network, which pairs a final-year LAMDA student with a graduate mentor."Genesis LAMDA Network"
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LAMDA LaMDA, which stands for Language Model for Dialogue Applications, is a family of conversational neural language models developed by Google. The first generation was announced during the 2021 Google I/O keynote, while the second generation was ...
''. Retrieved January 29, 2018.
The foundation has supported theatre directors at the Young Vic since 2003, via the Genesis Directors Program (2003–2009), the two-year Genesis Fellowship, the Genesis Directors Network, and the Genesis Future Directors Award for young directors.Smurthwaite, Nick
"How the Genesis Foundation is expanding in the face of austerity"
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The Stage ''The Stage'' is a British weekly newspaper and website covering the entertainment industry and particularly theatre. It was founded in 1880. It contains news, reviews, opinion, features, and recruitment advertising, mainly directed at those wh ...
''. May 16, 2015.
Since its founding, Genesis has funded the
Royal Court Theatre The Royal Court Theatre, at different times known as the Court Theatre, the New Chelsea Theatre, and the Belgravia Theatre, is a non-commercial West End theatre in Sloane Square, in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, London, England ...
's International Playwrights Programme, which supports young playwrights. The Genesis Laboratory provided space and funding for emerging writers at the Suffolk-based HighTide Theatre. In
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, in 2015 the foundation funded the Residency Five programme at the Signature Theatre for the 2015–16 and 2016-17 seasons; the program supports nine playwrights over a five-year residency and guarantees each playwright three world-premiere productions of their new plays.Crews, Naomi
"Residency Five Playwriting Program Receives Funding from Genesis Foundation"
''Stage Directions''. July 16, 2015.
In 2017 the Genesis Foundation partnered with the National Theatre's musical theatre department to fund the Genesis Music Theatre Group, providing ongoing funding to help inspire and develop the next great British musical. The Genesis Opera Project, launched in 2001, funded emerging opera composers, librettists, directors, and designers. The Genesis Foundation's music ventures also include having funded posts for new opera directors,
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s, and other posts at the
Welsh National Opera Welsh National Opera (WNO) ( cy, Opera Cenedlaethol Cymru) is an opera company based in Cardiff, Wales; it gave its first performances in 1946. It began as a mainly amateur body and transformed into an all-professional ensemble by 1973. In its ...
. It funds the Genesis Sixteen, a free program which nurtures young of ensemble singers implemented by the group
The Sixteen The Sixteen are a United Kingdom-based choir and period instrument orchestra; founded by Harry Christophers, they started as an unnamed group of sixteen friends in 1977, giving their first billed concert in 1979. The group performs early Engl ...
. The foundation also commissions various new works, including operas and choral compositions. In 2010 the foundation commissioned a visual laser-installation work, "LIGHT", by
Chris Levine Chris Levine (born 1960) is a UK-based artist, working in the field of light art. Chris Levine is a light artist with a multi-disciplinary approach that harnesses a diverse array of technology with the intention of revealing the ways in which l ...
, performed at the
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and accompanied by The Sixteen singing choral music by
Will Todd Will Todd (b 14 January 1970) is an English musician and composer. He is a pianist, who performs regularly with others in his own works. Biography and work Todd was born in County Durham, attended Durham School and joined the choir of St Oswald ...
. In 2012 the foundation launched the Genesis Prize, a biennial £25,000 prize awarded to a
mentor Mentorship is the influence, guidance, or direction given by a mentor. A mentor is someone who teaches or gives help and advice to a less experienced and often younger person. In an organizational setting, a mentor influences the personal and p ...
of young artistic talent. From 2002–2007, the foundation also provided start-up loans and support for young people wishing to set up creative enterprises, via a five-year partnership with the
Prince's Trust The Prince's Trust ( cy, Ymddiriedolaeth y Tywysog) is a charity in the United Kingdom founded in 1976 by King Charles III (then Prince of Wales) to help vulnerable young people get their lives on track. It supports 11-to-30-year-olds who are u ...
. In 2016, via the foundation Studzinski partnered with the Hampton Court Palace's Choral Foundation to organize the first Catholic service in the palace's Chapel Royal in over 450 years. The service, conducted mainly in Latin, was in celebration of the King Henry VIII palace's 500th anniversary, and featured choral music from the 15th and 16th centuries. Studzinski stated that "Dialogue between faiths is much needed and welcomed in these turbulent times. We need to recognise that we have more in common than not." Via the Genesis Foundation, Studzinski also commissioned composer
James MacMillan Sir James Loy MacMillan, (born 16 July 1959) is a Scottish classical composer and conductor. Early life MacMillan was born at Kilwinning, in North Ayrshire, but lived in the East Ayrshire town of Cumnock until 1977. His father is James MacMi ...
's '' Stabat Mater'', which premiered at the Barbican Centre in October 2016; the recording of the work, sung by
The Sixteen The Sixteen are a United Kingdom-based choir and period instrument orchestra; founded by Harry Christophers, they started as an unnamed group of sixteen friends in 1977, giving their first billed concert in 1979. The group performs early Engl ...
, was named Recording of the Month in April 2017 by '' Gramophone''. The Genesis Foundation was also the sole sponsor of the 2017–2018 Living with Gods exhibition at the
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.


The homeless

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'' has called Studzinski a "champion of homeless charity work in London". He is a founder member of the Passage Day Centre, one of the largest day care centers for the homeless in London, and he funds the homeless charity Emmaus UK.Nayeri, Farah
"Blackstone’s Studzinski Scales Back Sponsorship of U.K. Arts"
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He also works as a regular volunteer at the Passage soup kitchen. In 1998 Studzinski co-launched, and was the first chairman of, Business Action on Homelessness, which is a partnership between
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, major companies, homeless agencies, and the British government. The organization raises companies' awareness of homelessness throughout the UK, and works with businesses to equip homeless people with the skills needed to gain and sustain employment. It encourages companies to provide work placements and training courses assisting the homeless back into work. Studzinski promotes and encourages corporate social responsibility, and organized regular visits for businesspeople to see homeless projects in action. The organization changes the perceptions companies have of homelessness and helps homeless people back into employment. Studzinski has also long decried the rising rates of
youth unemployment Youth unemployment is the situation of young people who are looking for a job but cannot find a job, with the age range being defined by the United Nations as 15–24 years old. An unemployed person is defined as someone who does not have a job ...
, especially in the wake of the
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, and has called upon businesses and governments to focus on youth employment.Studzinski, John
"We must not abandon young people to unemployment"
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He points to the model of Germany and its continued post-war economic success and weathering of the global economic crisis, noting that its emphasis on medium-sized companies – and concomitant values of the right to work, job creation, client satisfaction, and product excellence – have kept unemployment, including youth unemployment, low.


Human rights

Studzinski is Vice Chair of
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(HRW),John J. Studzinski
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. Retrieved January 31, 2018.
and he developed the European arm of the organization."Most influential Americans in the UK: 20 to 11"
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He has also been director of HRW, a member of its executive committee, and chairman of its investment committee."Donation provides cornerstone for new Transforming Tate Modern development"
Tate Modern Tate Modern is an art gallery located in London. It houses the United Kingdom's national collection of international modern and contemporary art, and forms part of the Tate group together with Tate Britain, Tate Liverpool and Tate St Ives. It ...
. May 22, 2007.
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He has stated that his involvement in Human Rights Watch is an extension of his strong belief in "respect for humanity, justice and dignity. Human dignity, the respect for human life and dignity". As a board member of HRW, Studzinski has used his international contacts to help the organization expand so that it can draw attention to atrocities across the world, including in Syria and the Middle East.Nickson, John
"Why art and philanthropy are natural partners"
''Alliance''. March 2, 2015.
He is also active in the worldwide effort to combat human trafficking and modern slavery. Along with
Luke de Pulford Luke John de Pulford () is a human rights campaigner, particularly in the areas of modern slavery and human rights abuses in China. De Pulford is director and co-Founder of the London-based anti-slavery charityArise He coordinates the Inter-Parl ...
he is co-founder and chair of the Arise Foundation, which partners with worldwide local networks to stop human trafficking and slavery. Arise Foundation supports
Talitha Kum Talitha Kum (or the International Network of Consecrated Life Against Trafficking in Persons) is an organization of Catholic nuns established by the International Union of Superiors General (UISG) in 2009. The group works to end human-traffickin ...
, a global organization of over 1,000 nuns and monks in over 70 countries which prevents and stops human trafficking and child slavery, and rescues and shelters victims.Talitha Kum (information sheet)
2016. Retrieved January 29, 2018.
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''. November 18, 2015.


Additional adviserships

Since April 2016, Studzinski has been a non-executive director of the Home Office of the UK. He was formerly on the Policy Advisory Council of the
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. In international affairs, he is Vice Chair of the Atlantic Council, and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. Studzinski is a member of the council of the
Royal College of Art The Royal College of Art (RCA) is a public research university in London, United Kingdom, with campuses in South Kensington, Battersea and White City. It is the only entirely postgraduate art and design university in the United Kingdom. It o ...
, and he is chairman of Create London, a non-profit organization that takes the arts into East London and other areas, connecting artists with communities through an ambitious program of projects.Clark, Nick
"John Studzinski: The banker marrying business and the arts"
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''. June 19, 2013.
He is on the board of trustees of the
J. Paul Getty Trust The J. Paul Getty Trust is the world's wealthiest art institution, with an estimated endowment of US$7.7 billion in 2020. Based in Los Angeles, California, it operates the J. Paul Getty Museum, which has two locations—the Getty Center in the ...
, and is also on the board of directors of the Foundation for Art and Preservation in Embassies, which promotes American art abroad. He is a trustee of the Tate Americas Foundation, and a former trustee of the Tate Foundation. He is a former trustee of Bowdoin College, and a former board member of the International Youth Foundation. Until 2014 he was also president of the American Friends of the
Royal Foundation of The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Harry The Royal Foundation of The Prince and Princess of Wales is a charity which supports the work of the Prince and Princess of Wales. Their projects revolve around conservation, the early years, mental health, and the emergency services. History ...
, which focuses on challenges facing young people, members of the armed forces, and conservation. Studzinski is chairman of
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in London, and was formerly on the board of trustees of the
Royal Parks Foundation The Royal Parks Foundation is a registered charity established in 2003 (registered charity number 1097545). It is the charity that helps support London's eight London's Royal Parks for everyone to enjoy, now and in the future. The charity's patro ...
.


Honors

* Prince of Wales Ambassador's Award (2000) in recognition of his contribution to the homeless * Knight of the Order of St. Gregory (2001) by
Pope John Paul II Pope John Paul II ( la, Ioannes Paulus II; it, Giovanni Paolo II; pl, Jan Paweł II; born Karol Józef Wojtyła ; 18 May 19202 April 2005) was the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 1978 until his ...
for his humanitarian work for the homeless Boyatzis, Richard and Annie McKee
''Resonant Leadership: Renewing Yourself and Connecting with Others Through Mindfulness, Hope and Compassion''
Harvard Business Press, 2013. p. 252.
* Knight Commander of St. Sylvester (2004) by
Pope John Paul II Pope John Paul II ( la, Ioannes Paulus II; it, Giovanni Paolo II; pl, Jan Paweł II; born Karol Józef Wojtyła ; 18 May 19202 April 2005) was the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 1978 until his ...
for his work promoting ecumenism in
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* Beacon Prize for Most Generous Business Leader (2004) for services to philanthropy"John Studzinski wins special Beacon Prize"
''GenesisFoundation.org.uk''. March 12, 2005.
*Banker of the Year (2007) by the
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* Prince of Wales Medal for Arts Philanthropy (2014) *#10 on ''
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Personal life

Studzinski has residences in London and New York, and divides his time between the two cities. Strongly motivated by his spiritual and religious faith, he has a chapel in his historic London home, and prays and reads books on religion and meditation daily.Handy, Charles
''The New Philanthropists''
Random House, 2011. p. 199.
Holding an extensive art collection, he has been an active buyer and seller of art.


References


External links


Official siteJohn Studzinski
– Official profile at PIMCO
Genesis Foundation
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