Bruno Schroder

Bruno Schroder
Born

Bruno Lionel Schroder
January 1933 (age 83)

Nationality British
Education Eton College
Alma mater University of Tours, University College, Oxford and Harvard Business School
Occupation Banker
Net worth US $5 billion
Spouse(s) Piffa Schroder
Children One daughter

Bruno Lionel Schroder (born January 1933)[1][2] is a British banker and billionaire and a significant landowner in Scotland. Forbes magazine estimated Schroder's family wealth at US $4.6 billion in 2016.[3] Schroder's family wealth is shared with his sister, Charmaine.[3]

Schroder owns the 17,500 acre Dunlossit Estate on the island of Islay in Scotland's Inner Hebrides.[4]

Early life and education

He was educated at Eton, University of Tours, the School of Languages Hamburg, University College, Oxford, and Harvard Business School.[1][5] Schroder joined the commercial banking and corporate finance division of J. Henry Schroder Wagg & Co. in 1960, and was appointed a director of Schroders in 1963.[4] Schroder is a non-executive director of Schroder's and a member of the company's nominations committee.[3]

Schroder received an honorary doctorate from Heriot-Watt University in 2012 [6]

Personal life

Schroder married in 1969, to Piffa, and though the couple are separated, they are not divorced; due to his wife's Roman Catholic beliefs.[1] The couple have a daughter.[1] Schroder flies his private plane and is a keen breeder of Middle White pigs on the Dunlossit Estate. Schroder has funded the Islay lifeboat and sponsored the island's Highland games, the Argyllshire Gathering. Schroder also helped restore an old whiskey distillery on Islay.[3]

Schroder was one of a number of wealthy individuals who cashed a cheque for 97 pence sent to them by Bizzare magazine in 2001.[1][7]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Rosser, Nigel (20 March 2002). "Bank Baron enjoys a life less grand". Evening Standard. Retrieved 2014-06-17.
  2. "SCHRODERS PLC - Officers (free information from Companies House)". beta.companieshouse.gov.uk. Retrieved 2016-09-10.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Bruno Schroder & family". Forbes.
  4. 1 2 Christine Seib. "Business big shot Bruno Schroder." The Times, London, 24 May 2007: pg 55.
  5. "Bruno Lionel Schroder". Debrett's. Retrieved 2014-06-17.
  6. "Higgs Boson Scientist Awarded Heriot-Watt honorary degree". Heriot-Watt University. Retrieved 2016-03-29.
  7. Norman, Matthew (5 April 2001). "The Guardian Diary". The Guardian. Retrieved 2014-08-15.
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