Ronald Cohen
Ronald Cohen is a major figure in Private Equity. He is founder and Chairman of Apax Partners & Company, an international PE company which manages $7 billion of investment.
Political links
He has contributed £1.8m to the Labour Party according to Robert Peston's 2008 book, Who Runs Britain?.
- He pledged £100,000 to the Labour Party on 16/4/99, £100,000 in 1997.
- He received a knighthood in the 2000 New Years Honours List
- He gave a further £100,000 to the Labour Party in June 2001
Tony Blair is reported to have turned to Cohen for help with fundraising for Labour before the 2005 election[1]
- Chairman of the Government's Tech Stars Steering Committee Taskforce
- Member of the DTI's UK Competitiveness Committee
- Sits on the CBI's City Advisory Group and Wider Share Ownership Committee.
Affiliations
- British Venture Capital Association, founder and ex-Chair
- European Venture Capital Association, founder and director
- City Group for Smaller Companies (CISCO), founder and director alongside Katie Morris. *EASQDAQ, European Stock Market, founder and vice-Chairman. It deals in stocks worth more than $36 billion). He has also provided funding for
- Tradepoint Financial Networks, provided funding for. TFN is an electronic rival to the London Stock Exchange.
He was President of the Oxford University Union and went to Harvard Business School in America. He was one of the Bioscience bosses who wrote a letter to the Financial Times in May 2001 in support of the Labour Party.
Apax Partners
Apax Partners invested in Autonomy, Britain's most successful internet company, making $600 million from a $3 million investment. They are also backers of Jazztel, a Spanish business phone services company and an Israeli company Commtouch, an e-mail provider.
Career history
Before founding Apax Partners, he was a consultant with McKinsey. He is Chairman of the Government's Tech Stars Steering Committee Taskforce and a member of the DTI's UK Competitiveness Committee. He sits on the CBI's City Advisory Group and Wider Share Ownership Committee. [2]
References
- ↑ The Jewish Chronicle 'JC Power 100: Sacks stays on top, as new names emerge'. 9th May 2008.
- ↑ Taken from 'Ronald Cohen' available through search function on http://www.red-star-research.org.uk/subframe5.html
