James Matthews (hedge fund manager)
| James Matthews | |
|---|---|
| Born |
James Spencer Matthews 21 August 1975 |
| Occupation | Hedge fund manager, former professional racing driver |
| Spouse(s) | Pippa Middleton (m. 2017) |
| Relatives |
Spencer Matthews (brother) Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge (sister-in-law) James Middleton (brother-in-law) |
James Spencer Matthews (born 21 August 1975) is a British former professional racing driver, hedge fund manager, and heir to the Scottish courtesy title of Laird of Glen Affric. In 2017, he married Pippa Middleton, younger sister of Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge.
James's father is landowner David Matthews, who also owns the resort, Eden Rock, St Barths. James's mother is artist Jane Matthews (née Spencer Parker), whose father was architect Robert Spencer 'Spenny' Parker. Jane Matthews is a graduate of London's Slade School of Art. James is the older brother of Spencer Matthews, an actor on the scripted reality TV show Made in Chelsea.
The childhood of Matthews and his two brothers, Spencer and Michael, was split between Caunton Manor, the 18th-century manor house on his family's 30-acre estate in Nottinghamshire, and Eden Rock, St Barths, the family's luxury hotel on the French Caribbean island of Saint Barthélemy. Another privately-owned home enjoyed by his family is the "castle-like" hunting lodge on their 10,000-acre Glen Affric Estate in Scotland. Matthews's brother, Michael, died in 1999 in a mountaineering accident on Everest, hours after becoming the youngest Briton to conquer the peak. Matthews and his brother Michael both boarded at Uppingham School, in Rutland, whereas Spencer boarded at Eton. James, however, skipped higher education to train as a securities trader at Spear, Leeds & Kellogg, now part of Goldman Sachs. In 1997 James Matthews moved to a finance house called Nordic Options Ltd, which de-merged from Spear, where he became a senior equity options trader.
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