Stephen Philip Lansdown (born 30 August 1952) is co-founder with
Peter Hargreaves of UK financial services firm
Hargreaves Lansdown and owner/chairman of
Bristol City Football Club.
Career
Educated at
Thornbury Grammar School in
Gloucestershire and trained as an
accountant, Stephen Lansdown started
Hargreaves Lansdown trading from a bedroom in 1981 and in 2009 was reportedly worth around £280 million.
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. Lansdown has a holiday home in the South of
France.
The family recently moved to Guernsey.
According to Hargeaves Landsdown's notifiable director deals, on 7-10-2010 Stephen P Lansdown, Non-Executive Director, sold (at 429.00p) 13,560,843.00 shares at a value of £58,176,016.47.
Family
He is married with two children.
References
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