Christopher Chandler

Christopher Chandler (born 1960) is a New Zealand-born businessman and founder of Dubai-based investment company Legatum which also provides funding for UK media channel GB News. Chandler has been called "one of the world's greatest contrarian investors" by Fortune magazine. Chandler is a funder of the Legatum Institute. Early life Born in Matangi, Chandler is the son of beekeepers Robert and Marija Chandler, who launched and operated Chandler House, a department store in Hamilton, New Zealand. He attended the University of Auckland, earning a degree in law in 1982. In 1982, Christopher and his older brother, Richard, took over the business and expanded it to ten stores, adding fashion design, manufacturing and real estate, before starting to look for international investment opportunities.