17 Facts About Chris Hohn

Sir Christopher Anthony Hohn KCMG was born on October 1966 and is a British billionaire hedge fund manager.

In 2003, Hohn established The Children's Investment Fund Management, a prominent value-based hedge fund.

Chris Hohn is worth $8.85 billion according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index and $9.5 billion according to Forbes in 2025.

In recent years, Chris Hohn has become an outspoken advocate of urgent action on the climate crisis, and a prolific contributor to the cause.

Christopher Anthony Hohn was born in October 1966 in Addlestone, Surrey, United Kingdom.

Chris Hohn's father Paul was a Jamaican-born car mechanic of European descent who moved to Britain in 1960, and his mother was a legal secretary from East Sussex.

Chris Hohn was a pupil at St Paul's County Secondary School in Addlestone between 1979 and 1983, gaining 13 O Levels.

Chris Hohn then attended the University of Southampton, from which he graduated in 1988 with first-class honours in accounting and business economics.

Chris Hohn graduated in 1993 as a Baker Scholar, meaning he was among the top five percent of all graduates.

In 2003, Chris Hohn set up his own hedge fund, The Children's Investment Fund.

In conjunction with The Children's Investment fund Chris Hohn launched the "Say on climate" initiative.

Chris Hohn stated that there should be more effort to reduce losses in its self-driving unit Waymo.

Chris Hohn married Jamie Cooper, a fellow Harvard graduate student from Chicago, whom he had met at a party during his studies.

In 2013, it was reported that Chris Hohn had begun divorce proceedings with his wife.

Chris Hohn was appointed Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George in the 2014 Birthday Honours for services to philanthropy and international development.

Chris Hohn is married to Kylie Hohn, who has a PhD from Harvard University and has taught at Harvard and the University of Cambridge.

Chris Hohn is the CEO of LightEn, an organisation of which they are the co-founders.