Christopher O'Neill | |
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Christopher O'Neill on his wedding day, 8 June 2013
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Born |
Christopher Paul O'Neill 27 June 1974 London, England |
Nationality |
American British |
Alma mater |
Boston University Columbia Business School |
Spouse(s) | Princess Madeleine, Duchess of Hälsingland and Gästrikland (m. 2013) |
Children |
Princess Leonore, Duchess of Gotland Prince Nicolas, Duke of Ångermanland |
Parent(s) | Paul Cesario O'Neill Eva Maria Walter |
Christopher Paul O'Neill (born 27 June 1974) is an American-British financier and the husband of Princess Madeleine, Duchess of Hälsingland and Gästrikland, a daughter of King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden.
O'Neill was born in London to Paul Cesario O'Neill (1926–2004), an American investment banker who came to London in the 1960s to set up the European head office of Oppenheimer & Co, by his second wife, Eva Maria (née Eva Maria Walter), a relative of Cardinal Michael von Faulhaber, who was a cousin of third husband of Eva's mother. O'Neill has two half-sisters on his mother's side: Tatjana d'Abo and Countess Natascha von Abensberg-Traun, and three on his father's side: Stefanie, Annalisa and Karen. He grew up in London and St. Gallen, as well as in Austria and Germany, and holds dual American and British citizenship.
O'Neill was educated at Institut auf dem Rosenberg in St. Gallen, Switzerland, and graduated with a BA degree in International Relations from Boston University. He also obtained an MBA from Columbia Business School in New York City. He was a Partner and Head of Research at Noster Capital and former employee of NM Rothschild and Sons and Steinberg Asset Management.