John Armitage (banker)


John Christopher Armitage is a British-Irish billionaire hedge fund manager, the chief investment officer and a co-founder of Egerton Capital.
According to The Sunday Times Rich List in 2019, Armitage is worth £600 million.

Early life

John Christopher Armitage was born on 20 December 1959. He earned a degree in modern history from Pembroke College, Cambridge in 1981.

Career

Armitage joined Morgan Grenfell in 1981, and was a director of Morgan Grenfell Asset Management from March 1991 until he left in 1994.
Armitage and William Bollinger co-founded Egerton Capital in 1994. Armitage is the chief investment officer.
In 2006, Armitage became a member of the investment board of the University of Cambridge.
In the year to 31 March 2014, Egerton made a profit of £141.4 million, which was divided between its 12 partners. At the end of 2017, Egerton had $18.8 billion in assets under management.

Personal life

Armitage lives in London, England. He is married to Catherine Armitage.
In May 2017, he gave £500,000 to the Conservative Party.
In 2018, he acquired Irish citizenship. In February 2018, he purchased a $18 Park Avenue, New York apartment for US$18 million.