Thomas John Zacchaeus Winnifrith (born January 1968) is a former British journalist, share tipster and former fund manager.
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Early life
Winnifrith was born on 5th April 1968, son of Oxford-educated University of Warwick classics lecturer Dr Thomas John Winnifrith (1938-2020) and Joanna, daughter of John Mackarness Booker, headmaster of Knighton House Girls' School (now part of Bryanston School); his maternal uncle was the journalist and author Christopher Booker. His mother committed suicide in 1976. His paternal grandfather, Sir John Winnifrith (brother to actress Anna Lee), was a senior civil servant in the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries. He studied PPE at Christ Church, Oxford (1987–90), graduating with a lower second degree.
Career
Winnifrith is the founder and editor of the website Shareprophets.com.
He was at one stage chief executive and founder of former ISDX listed Rivington Street Holdings (RSH) before stepping down in 2011.
He has formerly worked as a financial journalist for Investors Chronicle and the London Evening Standard. Winnifrith was the resident investment expert on the Channel 4 game show Show Me The Money.
Controversy
Winnifrith was expelled from the Liberal Democrat Party by Paddy Ashdown in 1993 for allegedly "pandering to racism". He was subject to an investigation by Metropolitan Police Service at the request of the Attorney General at the time, Sir Nicholas Lyell, and then Shadow Cabinet Minister Jack Straw, which found no wrongdoing.
In September 2017, Winnifrith authored an article that claimed that the FCA would not be shutting down Beaufort Securities. In March 2018, Beaufort Securities was shut down, declared insolvent, and charged with fraud, following a joint FCA, FBI, SEC and DOJ investigation.
Personal life
Tom is married to Ranji Devadason, sociology lecturer at Keele University.