Jonathan Ruffer
| Jonathan Ruffer | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Jonathan Garnier Ruffer 17 August 1951 |
| Education |
Marlborough College Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge |
| Occupation | City investor, art collector |
| Net worth | GBP £380 million |
| Children | 1 daughter |
Jonathan Garnier Ruffer
Jonathan Ruffer DL (born 17 August, 1951) is a British City investor, art collector and philanthropist.
Jonathan Ruffer was born on 17 August 1951 in London, England, and lived from an early age in Stokesley, North Yorkshire, England. He was educated at Marlborough College, a public school in Marlborough, Wiltshire. He graduated from Sidney Sussex College, a constituent college of the University of Cambridge, in 1972.
Ruffer started as a stockbroker, before becoming a barrister. He is now a Bencher of the Middle Temple. He worked in corporate finance for Schroders, an accepting house bank. He worked for Dunbar, a private bank, from 1980 to 1985. He also served on the Board of Directors of one of its subsidiaries, Dunbar Fund Management, from 1981 to 1985. He then served on the Board of Directors of CFS from 1985 to 1994 (renamed Rathbone Plc). He served on the Board of Directors of Odey Asset Management, founded by Crispin Odey, from 1992 to 2005; Fuel Tech from 1994 to 1998; and Electric & General Investment Trust from 2001 to 2011.
In 1994, he co-founded Ruffer Investment Management Limited, an investment management firm with Robert Shirley, 14th Earl Ferrers and Jane Tufnell. The firm was renamed Ruffer LLP in 2004 and is now based at 80 Victoria Street in London. Ruffer served as its Chief Executive Officer from 1994 to 2012. He has served as its Chairman since 2011. The firm managed £15.4 billion on behalf of its clients in 2012-2013. In 2014, it had 199 employees, and additional offices in Edinburgh and Hong Kong.
He is a research fellow at St John's College, Durham. He has published articles in The Spectator.
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