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Pierre Philippe Alexandre Lagrange (born 15 March 1962) is a Belgian hedge fund manager, financier, and a co-founder of GLG Partners. His net worth is estimated at £500 million according to the Sunday Times

Early life and education

Lagrange was born in March 1962 in Belgium.^[1]^[2] He received both BS and MS degrees in Business engineering (Ingénieur de gestion) from the Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management.^[3]

Career

Lagrange worked for JP Morgan and Goldman Sachs before co-founding GLG Partners in 1995 with Noam Gottesman and Jonathan Green as a division of Lehman Brothers. The name of the company is composed of the first initials of each of the founder's last names.^[4] GLG became independent in 2000 and went public in 2007 listing on the New York Stock Exchange.^[5] In 2010, GLG Partners was purchased by the Man Group for US$1.6 billion.^[5] The two remaining GLG founders Noam Gottesman and Pierre Lagrange–Greene had left the company prior to the Man Group purchase–each received a $200 million shareholding in the Man Group in return for a three-year promise to stay.^[4]

Personal life

In 2008, Lagrange earned £400 million.^[2] In 2009, the Sunday Times Rich List reported that his wealth declined £265 million to £195 million due to the credit crunch.^[6] In September 2011, his wealth had rebounded to £300 million.^[7]

In September 2011, he and his wife Catherine Anspach, with whom he has three children, announced their divorce. The divorce settlement was estimated at more than £160 million. ^[8]

He owned the Grade II listed Woodperry House in Oxfordshire, before downsizing in 2006 to a country house in Hampshire.^[9] In August 2011 he also reportedly sold a house at 17 Kensington Palace Gardens to the Russian-born billionaire Roman Abramovich, for £90 million.^[10]

References

1. ^{{cite web|title=GLG Partners Limited|url=https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/03902880/officers|website=Companies House|accessdate=13 September 2015}}
2. ^¹This Is Money: "Fund chiefs make £400m each from the crunch" By Robert Lea April 8, 2008
3. ^Solvay Brussels School website: Pierre Lagrange: 'Star Belge de la City" retrieved September 10, 2012
4. ^¹[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/banksandfinance/7734557/Man-Group-adds-brawn-to-GLGs-brain-with-1.6bn-takeover.html The London Telegraph: "Man Group adds brawn to GLG's brain with $1.6bn takeover" By Helia Ebrahimi] May 18, 2010
5. ^¹[https://www.glgpartners.com/about_glg/our_approach GLG Partners website: Our Approach] retrieved September 10, 2012
6. ^{{cite news| url=http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/public/richlist/article619007.ece |format=fee required |title=The Sunday Times Rich List | location=London | work=The Times |year=2011}}
7. ^[https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/tycoon-pierre-lagrange-comes-out-ndash-to-face-uks-most-expensive-divorce-payout-2349325.html The Independent: "Tycoon Pierre Lagrange comes out – to face UK's most expensive divorce payout" by Rob Hastings] September 5, 2011
8. ^[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/8741143/Hedge-fund-boss-faces-160m-divorce-settlement-after-leaving-wife-for-male-fashion-designer.html The London Telegraph: "Hedge fund boss faces £160m divorce settlement after leaving wife for male fashion designer" By Heidi Blake] September 5, 2011
9. ^{{cite news|url=http://property.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/property/buying_and_selling/article6840544.ece|title=Reversal of fortune|publisher=Sunday Times|date=2009-09-20|accessdate=2010-05-02 | location=London | first=Anna | last=Mikhailova}}
10. ^Lawrence Hall, Abramovich be eyeing a Kensington Palace Gardens home?, Zoopla, 18 August 2011
Ryan Kisiel, Chelsea FC boss Roman Abramovich buys £90m home on Britain's most expensive street, Daily Mail, 29 August 2011.