请输入您要查询的百科知识:

 

词条 Andrew Law (financier)
释义

  1. Early life

  2. Career

  3. Political affiliations

  4. Philanthropy

  5. Personal life

  6. References

{{EngvarB|date=June 2017}}{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2017}}{{Infobox person
| name = Andrew Law
| image =
| image_size =
| caption =
| birth_name = Andrew Eric Law
| birth_date = {{bya|1966|06}}
| birth_place = Cheadle Hulme, Stockport, England
| death_date =
| death_place =
| residence =
| nationality = British
| other_names =
| known_for =
| education = Cheadle Hulme High School
Sheffield University
| employer =
| occupation = Financier
| networth = £475 million (May 2017)[1]
| spouse = Zoe Law
| children =
| parents =
| relatives =
}}

Andrew Eric Law (born June 1966) is a British financier and philanthropist. He serves as the chairman and chief executive officer of Caxton Associates, a hedge fund headquartered on Berkeley Square in London.

Early life

Andrew Eric Law was born in June 1966,[2] and raised in Cheadle Hulme near Stockport, England.[3][4] His father was a mechanical engineer and his mother was a nurse.[3] He was educated at Cheadle Hulme High School.[3] He graduated from the University of Sheffield in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, with a First Class honours degree in Economics in 1987.[5][6][7]

Career

He started his career in finance at County NatWest, now known as NatWest.[3][5] He then worked as a trader at the Chemical Bank.[3][5][7] In 1996, he joined Goldman Sachs, later becoming a managing director, where he oversaw FICC.[5][7]

He started working at Caxton Associates in London in 2003.[5][7] In 2008, he became its Chief Investment Officer.[5][6][8] Since 2012, he has served as its chairman and chief executive officer.[6][7][8]

Political affiliations

Between May 2010 and January 2015, he donated £947,911 to the Conservative Party, making him its 11th biggest donor in this period.[9] In May 2017, he gave £250,000 to the Conservative Party.[10]

Philanthropy

He co-chairs the Law Family Charitable Foundation with his wife.[5] They support many non-profit organisations, including the Policy Exchange, a think tank based in Westminster.[5] In 2014, they donated £1 million to The Lowry in Salford, where the spaces inside the Main Gallery were renamed The Andrew and Zoë Law Galleries.[11][12]

Law is the chairman of the board of Trustees of Speakers for Schools, which invites public speakers to state schools in the UK.[5] He spoke at the Trinity C.E. High School in Manchester.[3] He also serves on the Board of Trustees of Social Finance.[5] Additionally, he is a patron of the Hotcourses Foundation, which helps vulnerable schoolchildren in Kenya.[13]

In an op ed published in The Huffington Post in 2014, he called for hedge fund managers to be more philanthropic.[14]

Personal life

He is married to Zoe Law, a make-up artist who has worked for the British singer Dido.[5][12] He is a millionaire.[3] He is a supporter of the football team, Manchester City F.C..[3] He owns "Manchester City vs Sheffield United", a 1938 painting by L. S. Lowry.[3]

References

1. ^{{cite news|title=Sunday Times Rich List|work=Sunday Times|issue=Magazine, page 78|date=7 May 2017}}
2. ^{{cite web|url=https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/officers/tGHT8YEuYkqXopv_SB07iDpSVQ4/appointments|title=Andrew Eric LAW - Personal Appointments (free information from Companies House)|author=|date=|website=beta.companieshouse.gov.uk|accessdate=29 January 2018}}
3. ^Andrew Cave, [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/banksandfinance/10081784/Outspoken-hedge-fund-boss-who-made-the-journey-from-city-to-city.html Outspoken hedge fund boss who made the journey from city to city], The Daily Telegraph, 26 May 2013
4. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.speakers4schools.org/speakers/andrew-law|title=Andrew Law – Speakers for Schools|author=|date=|website=www.speakers4schools.org|accessdate=29 January 2018}}
5. ^10 {{cite web|url=http://www.lawfamilycharitablefoundation.org/|title=Law Family Charitable Foundation - Andrew & Zoë Law|author=|date=|website=www.lawfamilycharitablefoundation.org|accessdate=29 January 2018}}
6. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.socialfinance.org.uk/about-us/board-and-team/|title=Social Finance: Board|author=|date=|website=socialfinance.org.uk|accessdate=29 January 2018}}
7. ^[https://www.cnbc.com/id/48162061#. Andrew E. Law], CNBC
8. ^Sam Jones, Quiet Caxton chief refuses to shout about $1bn gain, Financial Times, 20 October 2013
9. ^Elizabeth Rigby, Gavin Jackson, George Parker, 'Tories double number of big City donors in five years: Miliband attacks 'party of Mayfair hedge funds and Monaco tax avoiders',' Financial Times, 5 February 2015, p. 1, http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/11306cd0-ac94-11e4-beeb-00144feab7de.html#axzz3wTjPW2T4
10. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.cityam.com/264987/party-donors-biggest-names-bank-rolling-conservative|title=Party donors: Here are the big names bank-rolling the Conservative campaign|first=Helen|last=Cahill|date=18 May 2017|website=cityam.com|accessdate=28 January 2018}}
11. ^Shelina Begum, Businessman Andrew Law and wife Zoë donate £1m to The Lowry, Manchester Evening News, 2 July 2014
12. ^The Lowry announces largest ever private donation and achieves £5m capital funding target, The Lowry, 1 July 2014
13. ^{{cite web|url=http://nyumbani.org.uk/patrons/|title=Patrons of Nyumbani UK|author=|date=|website=nyumbani.org.uk|accessdate=29 January 2018}}
14. ^Andrew Law, The Hedge Fund Formula For Philanthropy, The Huffington Post, 23 January 2014
{{DEFAULTSORT:Law, Andrew}}

11 : Living people|People from Cheadle Hulme|People from London|Alumni of the University of Sheffield|Goldman Sachs people|English hedge fund managers|English philanthropists|Conservative Party (UK) people|People educated at Cheadle Hulme School|1966 births|Conservative Party (UK) donors

随便看

 

开放百科全书收录14589846条英语、德语、日语等多语种百科知识,基本涵盖了大多数领域的百科知识,是一部内容自由、开放的电子版国际百科全书。

 

Copyright © 2023 OENC.NET All Rights Reserved
京ICP备2021023879号 更新时间:2024/11/13 15:51:36