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词条 Adam Fleming (businessman)
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  1. Early life

  2. Career

  3. Personal life

  4. References

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Adam Richard Fleming (born 15 May 1948) is a British billionaire, and the chairman of the asset management company Stonehage Fleming.

Early life

Adam Richard Fleming was born on 15 May 1948,[1][3] the son of Major Richard Evelyn Fleming (1910–1977) and the Hon. Dorothy Charmian Hermon-Hodge, daughter of Roland Herman Hermon-Hodge, 2nd Baron Wyfold. He has seven brothers and sisters.[3]

His grandfather was Major Valentine Fleming (1882–1917), and his great-grandfather was the Scottish banker Robert Fleming, founder of the merchant bank Robert Fleming & Co. His uncle on his father's side was the James Bond novelist Ian Fleming.[3]

He was educated at Abberley Hall School and Eton.[2]

Career

He started his career in 1970 as a stock market analyst at Robert Fleming & Co., the company founded by his great-grandfather, earning £7 per week.[2]

In April 2015, The Sunday Times Rich List estimated his family's net worth at GBP £1.5 billion.[3]

Fleming is chairman of Wits Gold, chairman of the Johannesburg Land Company, a director of Zambeef Products, chairman of Fleming Family & Partners, and has farming interests in Zambia and South Africa.[2]

Fleming describes himself as "just a long-term investor with firm beliefs in gold".[2]

Personal life

He is married to Caroline Wake. They live on a farm in the Cotswolds and have four children, Hector, Nell, Angus and Dickon.[2] His son Hector Fleming is a former director of Standard Chartered's private equity team, co-founded the investment firm Fleming Wulfsohn Africa, and is a director of Imara, The Johannesburg Land Company, Clover Alloys, GoldMoney Networks and Netagio Holdings.[4]

He is a member of White's, London, and the Rand Club of Johannesburg.[2]

References

1. ^{{cite web|title=Adam Fleming|url=http://whoswho.co.za/adam-fleming-1314|website=Who's Who Southern Africa|accessdate=27 April 2015}}
2. ^{{cite news|last1=Creamer|first1=Martin|title=Adam Fleming|url=http://www.miningweekly.com/article/adam-fleming-2013-10-09|accessdate=27 April 2015|work=Mining Weekly|date=18 October 2013}}
3. ^{{cite news|title=Sunday Times Rich List|work=The Sunday Times|issue=page 27|date=26 April 2014}}
4. ^{{cite web|title=Our People|url=http://www.imara.com/group-ourPeople.aspx|website=Imara|accessdate=21 May 2015}}
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