Chris Hohn

Sir Chris Hohn
Born	Christopher Anthony Hohn October 1966 (age 50) Addlestone, Surrey, England
Alma mater	University of Southampton Harvard University
Occupation	Investor, hedge fund manager, and philanthropist
Known for	Founding and managing The Children's Investment Fund Management
Net worth	US$1.72 billion (November 2016)
Title	Sir
Spouse(s)	Jamie Cooper (divorced)
Children	4

Sir Christopher Anthony HohnKCMG (born October 1966) is an English investor, hedge fund manager, and philanthropist. In 2003 Hohn established The Children's Investment Fund Management (TCI) a prominent value-based investment fund manager noted for long-term, owner orientated engagement with publicly listed companies. Profits generated by the fund were proportionatly allocated to The Children's Investment Fund Foundation a registered charity in England and Wales that focuses on improving the lives of children living in poverty in developing countries. In the five years from 2006 until 2011, Hohn gave away almost £1 billion. He is known as an activist investor.

Christopher Anthony Hohn was born in October 1966 in Addlestone, Surrey. His father Paul was a Jamaican-born car mechanic of European descent who moved to Britain in 1960, and his mother was a legal secretary from East Sussex. After gaining 13 O Levels, he attended the University of Southampton which he graduated from in 1988 with a first-class honours in accounting and business economics. Whilst at Southampton, a tutor advised him to apply for Harvard Business School, where he completed the Master of Business Administration course. He graduated in 1993 as a Baker Scholar, meaning he was among the top 5 per cent of all graduates.

After graduating, Hohn worked for the private equity group Apax Partners. In 1996 he went to work for Perry Capital, a hedge fund on Wall Street. In 1998 he was made head of Perry's London operations. In his time with Perry, he earned an estimated £75m.

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