Peter Nicholas de Putron (born 15 October 1963[1]) is the founder of De Putron Fund Management, G-Research and associated companies.[4]

Peter de Putron
Born
Peter Nicholas de Putron[1]

(1963-10-15) October 15, 1963 (age 61)
EducationEton College
Alma mater
Occupation(s)Investor, hedge fund manager
Known forOwner of G-Research
SpouseCarolynne Hayley Salmon[3]
Children4 [1]

Background

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De Putron grew up in Guernsey, where his father was a local politician.[5] He attended Eton College.[4]

De Putron graduated from Jesus College, University of Oxford with a Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts in Engineering Science.[2]

De Putron began his career in the corporate finance department of Royal Bank of Canada in 1985. From 1987 to 1990 he, worked at GNI, a brokerage firm where he traded derivatives. From 1990 to 1992, De Putron attended Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania graduating in 1992 with a Master of Business Administration in Finance and Entrepreneurial Management. He then worked at IFM, a London-based Hedge Fund where he specialized in market neutral solutions.[2]

De Putron founded De Putron Fund Management in 1997, which had seed money from George Soros.[2][4] G-Research, a quantitative investment firm is part of the De Putron Fund Management Group.

De Putron is resident in Jersey. He is regarded as a very private individual.[4]

Political activities

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De Putron is the brother-in-law of Andrea Leadsom, a British Conservative Party member of Parliament and financial services minister who was briefly a contender for the position of leader of the Conservative party and hence Prime Minister in July 2016. Leadsom also worked for De Putron Fund Management in the 1990s.[5][6][7][8]

He has donated money to the Leadsom and the Conservative Party, as well as Eurosceptic think tanks.[9]

De Putron was one of those mentioned in the "Jersey files" which were leaked from Kleinwort Benson to the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists.[10]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Webb-site Who's Who: de Putron, Peter Nicholas". webb-site.com.
  2. ^ a b c d "Annual Report 2002". Fundsquare. Archived from the original on 4 February 2023.
  3. ^ "Webb-site Who's Who: de Putron, Carolynne Hayley". webb-site.com.
  4. ^ a b c d "The Triple Jeopardy of a Chinese Math Prodigy". Bloomberg.com. 19 November 2018. Retrieved 27 October 2021.
  5. ^ a b Ball, James; Haddou, Leila; Leigh, David (8 July 2014). "Top Tory has family link with offshore banker who gave party £800,000". theguardian.com. Retrieved 27 June 2016.
  6. ^ "Inspirational Islanders who will carry the flame « Jersey Evening Post". jerseyeveningpost.com. 15 July 2012. Retrieved 27 June 2016.
  7. ^ "Kleinwort Benson bank hires experts after media leak". bbc.co.uk. 9 July 2014. Retrieved 27 June 2016.
  8. ^ Windhorst, Lars. "City Insider: To Russia with love". www.ft.com.
  9. ^ Pegg, David; Watt, Holly (6 July 2016). "How close are Andrea Leadsom's political links with Peter de Putron?". The Guardian. Retrieved 27 October 2021.
  10. ^ Tax avoidance: Celebrities named in leaked documents revealing offshore financial dealings. Jonathan Owen, The Independent, 9 July 2014. Retrieved 9 July 2016.