1. Guy Hands was born on 27 August 1959 and is an English financier and investor.
18 Facts About Guy Hands
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Guy Hands is most notable as the founder and former chairman of Terra Firma Capital Partners, one of the largest private equity firms in Europe.
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Guy Hands was born in London, to South African parents, who had lived in Southern Rhodesia.
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Guy Hands studied Philosophy, Politics and Economics at Mansfield College, Oxford.
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Guy Hands later provided funding for construction of the Guy Hands Building at Mansfield College.
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Guy Hands started his City career in 1982 as a eurobond trader at Goldman Sachs.
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Guy Hands was appointed Head of Eurobond trading in 1986 and later rose to become head of global asset structuring world-wide for Goldman's European division in 1990.
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In 1994, Guy Hands left Goldman to found Nomura's Principal Finance Group, which focused on European private equity investments.
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Guy Hands joined Nomura after three other banks, including Goldman, turned down his investment plan.
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In 1996, Guy Hands played a central role in the sale of the Ministry of Defence's 57,400 homes for military personnel and their families to Annington Homes, which had been established earlier that year as a shell company by Nomura, making Annington the largest owner of residential property in England and Wales.
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In 2002, Guy Hands founded Terra Firma Capital Partners, as a spinout from Nomura, which he had built into one of the largest private equity investors in Europe.
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Guy Hands had spent much of 2010 engaged in litigation with Citigroup, claiming the bank engaged in fraud during its auction of EMI in 2007.
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Guy Hands remains involved in the Terra Firma portfolio businesses that are Guy Hands family investments.
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The deal would see Guy Hands become the developmental licensee and master franchiser for McDonald's in the region.
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In 2014, the writer Malcolm Gladwell called the move to Guernsey an "incredibly interesting pathology", viewing departure into tax exile as a significant reverse for Guy Hands to set against the benefits of being immensely wealthy.
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In May 2019, Guy Hands admitted to The Sunday Times that he had a food addiction to roast potatoes and gravy and that he had sought treatment from hypnosis to combat it.
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Guy Hands has been increasingly vocal about the risks associated with climate change continuing and the huge difficulties and costs involved in stopping it.
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Guy Hands was named the 2018 Philanthropist of The Year at the annual Spear's Wealth Management Awards for his contributions to a number of charities.