| 词条 | Graham Wellesley, 8th Earl Cowley |
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Garret Graham Wellesley, 8th Earl of Cowley (born 30 March 1965), styled Viscount Dangan from 1975 to 2016, is a British hereditary peer and businessman. Previously an entrepreneur in derivatives and foreign exchange trading, he is the founder and CEO of UK alternative lender Wellesley & Co. Early lifeGraham Wellesley was born in 1965, the son of Garret Wellesley, 7th Earl Cowley and his first wife Elizabeth Lennon.[1] He is a descendant of Henry Wellesley, 1st Baron Cowley, brother of the Duke of Wellington.[2] He spent his early years in California before coming to the UK aged 10, where he attended the American Community School in Hillingdon, west London.[3] After graduating with a degree in economics from Franklin College, Switzerland, he served for 18 months in the Household Cavalry.[3] CareerWellesley’s financial career began in 1985 as a derivatives trader at the London stockbroking firm Hoare Govett, from where he moved to two further derivatives trading roles at Banque Indosuez and ING Charterhouse.[3] In 1992, he became head of foreign exchange trading at global metals trader Gerald Metals.[3] In 1995, he established the UK foreign exchange market maker IFX, which specialised in contracts for difference (CFDs) and spread bets on equity prices.[2] In 1999, he and another director, Lorenzo Naldini, purchased the 51% of the business owned by its US parent company IFX Corp in a buyout that left them as sole shareholders.[4] In 2000, IFX was bought by the football pools operator Zetters for £20.4million in a reverse takeover, forming a new entity – IFX Group – with Wellesley as group chief executive.[5] Two years later the company sold its pools business.[6] In 2003, Wellesley and Naldini left IFX following a disagreement with the board and co-founded ODL Securities, an online foreign exchange and derivatives broker.[7][8] In 2005, ODL was the whistleblower in an attempted banking fraud by US hedge fund Bayou. Bayou opened an account with ODL, depositing $101million and requesting two transactions that were refused by the management, who notified the UK Financial Services Authority.[9] In 2010, Wellesley and Naldini sold their 50% stake in ODL to US foreign exchange firm FXCM Holdings, creating a business employing around 1,000 staff.[10] In December that year, the newly enlarged entity floated on the New York Stock Exchange.[11] In 2013, Graham Wellesley co-founded alternative lender Wellesley & Co with three other shareholders, taking the role of chief executive.[12] The following year the company issued what at the time was the largest ever loan by a peer-to-peer lender – a £8.3million bridging loan to a UK urban regeneration scheme.[13] Personal lifeGraham Wellesley is married to Claire (Brighton) Wellesley, with whom he has two sons and a daughter.[1] Ancestry{{ahnentafel|collapsed=yes |align=center |boxstyle_1=background-color: #fcc; |boxstyle_2=background-color: #fb9; |boxstyle_3=background-color: #ffc; |boxstyle_4=background-color: #bfc; |boxstyle_5=background-color: #9fe; |1=1. Graham Wellesley, 8th Earl Cowley |2=2. Garret Wellesley, 7th Earl Cowley (1934–2016) |3=3. Suzanne Lennon |4=4. Christian Wellesley, 4th Earl Cowley (1890–1962) |5=5. Elsie May |6=6. Hayes Lennon |8=8. Henry Wellesley, 3rd Earl Cowley (1866–1919) |9=9. Lady Violet Nevill (1866–1910) |16=16. William Wellesley, 2nd Earl Cowley (1834–1895) |17=17. Emily Williams (1839–1932) |18=18. William Nevill, 1st Marquess of Abergavenny (1826–1915) |19=19. Caroline Vanden-Bempde-Johnstone (1826–1892) }} References1. ^1 {{cite web |url=http://thepeerage.com/p8241.htm#i82403 |title=Garret Graham Wellesley, 8th Earl Cowley |author= |date=11 July 2016 |website=The Peerage |publisher= |access-date=15 November 2016}} {{s-start}}{{s-reg|uk}}{{s-bef | before=Garret Wellesley}}{{s-ttl | title=Earl Cowley | years=2016–present}}{{s-inc | heir=Henry Wellesley, Viscount Dangan | heir-type=heir apparent}}{{s-end}}{{Current British earls}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Cowley, Graham Wellesley, 8th Earl}}2. ^1 {{cite news |author= |title=Zetters spreads its bets |url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2000/aug/25/business |newspaper=The Guardian |location= |date=25 August 2000 |access-date=15 November 2016}} 3. ^1 2 3 {{cite news |last=Coppock |first=John |date=22 August 2002 |title= IFX Chief plays against odds: Nobleman Wellesley focuses on tax-free financial speculation |url= |newspaper=Wall Street Journal |location= }} 4. ^{{cite news |author= |title=IFX applies to join LME |url= |newspaper= Metal Bulletin |location= |date=15 July 1999}} 5. ^{{cite news |last=McCrone |first=Angus |date=29 November 2000 |title=The Evening Standard's spread betting expert says a new market entrant could cut punters' costs |url=http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/news/article-1561082/The-Evening-Standards-spread-betting-expert-says-a-new-market-entrant-could-cut-punters-costs.html |newspaper=This is Money |location= |access-date=}} 6. ^{{cite news |last=Chisholm |first=Jamie |date=31 May 2002 |title= Zetters bets on transformation |url= |newspaper=Financial Times |location= }} 7. ^{{cite news |author= |title=Gap at top as IFX chief steps down |url=http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/news/article-1526845/Gap-at-top-as-IFX-chief-steps-down.html |newspaper=This is Money |location= |date=16 April 2003 |access-date=15 November 2016}} 8. ^{{cite news |last=Dey |first=Iain |date=23 July 2006 |title=Elliot takes non-executive chair at ODL |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/2943965/Elliot-takes-non-executive-chair-at-ODL.html |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |location= |access-date=15 November 2016}} 9. ^{{cite news |last=Moore |first=James |date=27 September 2005 |title=London firm 'was link in US banking fraud case' |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/2922863/London-firm-was-link-in-US-banking-fraud-case.html |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |location= |access-date=15 November 2016}} 10. ^{{cite news |last=Wilson |first=Harry |date=4 May 2010 |title=Forex broker ODL accepts US takeover |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/banksandfinance/7678650/Forex-broker-ODL-accepts-US-takeover.html |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |location= |access-date=15 November 2016}} 11. ^{{cite news |author= |title=FXCM’s IPO Raises $211 Million at Midpoint of Range |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2010-12-01/fxcm-seeks-226-million-in-first-online-trading-ipo-since-2007 |newspaper=Bloomberg |location= |date=2 December 2010 |access-date=16 March 2017}} 12. ^{{cite news |author= |title=Peer to peer lending market gets new risk-capital entrant |url=http://www.cityam.com/article/1384750519/peer-peer-lending-market-gets-new-risk-capital-entrant |newspaper=City AM |location= |date=18 November 2013 |access-date=15 November 2016}} 13. ^{{cite news |last1=Dunkley |first1=Emma |last2=Sharman |first2=Andy |date=1 April 2014 |title=Largest P2P loan to fund urban regeneration scheme |url=https://www.ft.com/content/4ff6938c-b9a5-11e3-b74f-00144feabdc0 |newspaper=Financial Times |location= |access-date=15 November 2016}} 4 : 1965 births|Living people|Wellesley family|Earls in the Peerage of the United Kingdom |
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