Peter Hargreaves
Peter Hargreaves is the billionaire co-founder of stockbroker Hargreaves Lansdown and one of Britain’s richest men.
Hargreaves, who founded the brokers in 1981 alongside Stephen Lansdown, stepped down as firm co-director in April 2015 although remains a major shareholder.
Biggest donor to EU 'leave' campaign
Hargreaves is one of several influential bankers and businesspeople bankrolling the Brexit campaign to leave the European Union ahead of a national referendum scheduled for 23 June 2016.
UK Electoral Commission records in May 2016 revealed that Hargreaves has so far given UK £3.2 million to 'Leave', the largest donor on either side of the campaign. Other leave backers include Lord Michael Farmer, former Tory treasurer, and Peter Cruddas, the former Tory party co-treasurer and founder of the trading firm CMC Markets. [1]
Hargreaves was a co-signatory to a 2009 letter published in the Financial Times entitled: 'Britain must negotiate a new relationship with Europe'.
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