Barnaby Swire

Barnaby Swire
BornJanuary 1964 (age 60–61)
NationalityBritish
EducationEton College
Alma materUniversity College, Oxford
OccupationBusinessman
Children4
RelativesSir John Anthony Swire (father), Sir Adrian Swire (uncle) Merlin Swire (cousin) Samuel Swire (cousin) Samuel Swire (cousin)

Barnaby Nicholas Swire (born January 1964) is a British billionaire businessman.[1] He is the chairman of the Swire Group.

Early life

Barnaby Swire was born in January 1964.[2][3] He was educated at Eton College.[2] He is a son of the late Sir John Anthony Swire, chairman of the Swire Group between 1966 and 1987 and life president of John Swire & Sons Ltd. He studied history and modern languages at University College, Oxford, leaving in 1985.[2]

Career

Swire started his career at the family business, John Swire & Sons, in 1985.[2] He worked for them in Hong Kong, Papua New Guinea and Japan.[2] He transferred to London in 1994, where he continued to work for the Swire Group.[2] He served on the board of directors of Lewmar Marine.[4]

He has served as the chairman of the Swire Group since the end of 2014,[4][5] when he replaced James Hughes-Hallett.[6] He was chairman of The China Navigation Company Ltd., until 2019.

Following his father's death in November 2016, he is now a billionaire.[7]

Personal life

He is married and has four children.[2] They reside in Kent.[2]

Swire is a significant donor to the Conservative Party.[8]

References

  1. ^ "List of companies related to Barnaby Swire". Archived from the original on 17 August 2016. Retrieved 31 May 2016.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h "Steamships Ltd. - Board Of Directors". 18 May 2015. Archived from the original on 18 May 2015.
  3. ^ "Barnaby Nicholas SWIRE - Personal Appointments (free information from Companies House)". Beta.companieshouse.gov.uk. Retrieved 12 May 2017.
  4. ^ a b Barnaby N. Swire, Bloomberg Business
  5. ^ "Swire". www.swire.com.
  6. ^ Ben Butler, Changing of the guard at Swire, The Australian, 20 January 2015
  7. ^ "Rich List 2017: #55, £2.15 billion". The Sunday Times Magazine. 7 May 2017. p. 38.
  8. ^ "Declassified UK: Conservative Party donors and the battle for offshore oil claimed by Venezuela". 8 December 2020.