Overview
Stephen Philip Lansdown CBE (born 30 August 1952) is an English-born Guernsey billionaire. He co-founded the British financial services firm Hargreaves Lansdown with Peter Hargreaves. He is a founder of Bristol Sport and majority shareholder of Bristol Bears, Bristol Flyers, and Bristol City Football Club.
According to The Sunday Times Rich List in 2019, Lansdown is worth £1.72 billion.
Career
Educated at Thornbury Grammar School in Gloucestershire and trained as an accountant, Lansdown started Hargreaves Lansdown trading from a bedroom in 1981.
In April 2009, he sold a stake of 4.7% in Hargreaves Lansdown for a sum of £47.2million, which he put towards the cost of building Bristol City's new football stadium. He was reported in September 2012 to have announced his intention to quit Hargreaves Lansdown in November 2012. Lansdown has a holiday home in the South of France.
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