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John Lincoln Duffield[1][2] (born 1939) is a British financier. He founded Jupiter Fund Management, one of the largest fund managers operating in London.
Career
[edit]The second son of physician and psychiatrist John Elwes Duffield (1910–2009) and his first wife, Jean Edwina (née Stellman),[3][4] Duffield was educated at Harrow School and then took a degree in biochemistry at the University of Oxford.[5] After this, he went into investment management and, having become manager of his wife's estates, moved to Switzerland as a tax exile.[6]
He founded Jupiter Asset Management in 1985.[7] After selling Jupiter Asset Management to Commerzbank, he founded New Star Asset Management in 2001.[7]
Family
[edit]He was married to Vivien Clore but was divorced from her in 1976; they had one son and one daughter.[6] Duffield owns the Marcham Farms estate at Peasemore, Berkshire.[8]
References
[edit]- ↑ The Directory of Directors 2000, vol. 2, U.K. Companies and their directors, Thomas Skinner Directories, p. 572
- ↑ John Lincoln DUFFIELD details
- ↑ The Commonwealth Fund Fellows, 1925-1937, The Commonwealth Fund, New York, 1938, p. 51
- ↑ "DR JOHN DUFFIELD: Psychiatrist died after 99th birthday". Oxford Mail. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
- ↑ "John Duffield: the fading star once dubbed 'Croesus in a Mondeo'". MoneyWeek. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
- 1 2 What is to become of John Duffield? Evening Standard, 2 December 2008
- 1 2 John Duffield rebounds from fall of New Star, Telegraph.co.uk, 15 April 2009.
- ↑ "The thirty landowners who own half a county". Who owns England?.
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