John Duffield

For the English cricketer, see John Duffield (cricketer).

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

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

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

1. The Directory of Directors 2000, vol. 2, U.K. Companies and their directors, Thomas Skinner Directories, p. 572
2. John Lincoln DUFFIELD details
3. The Commonwealth Fund Fellows, 1925-1937, The Commonwealth Fund, New York, 1938, p. 51
4. "DR JOHN DUFFIELD: Psychiatrist died after 99th birthday". Oxford Mail. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
5. "John Duffield: the fading star once dubbed 'Croesus in a Mondeo'". MoneyWeek. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
6. What is to become of John Duffield? Archived 2010-09-25 at the Wayback Machine Evening Standard, 2 December 2008
7. John Duffield rebounds from fall of New Star, Telegraph.co.uk, 15 April 2009.
8. "The thirty landowners who own half a county". Who owns England?.

External links

• John Duffield's official website