Peter Hargreaves

Peter Kendal Hargreaves CBE is an English co-founder with Stephen Lansdown of Hargreaves Lansdown, one of the United Kingdom’s largest financial services businesses. He is a shareholder of Hargreaves Lansdown but no longer a director or employee.

  • From his spare bedroom in Bristol, England, Peter Hargreaves and pal Stephan Lansdown founded a financial-services firm in 1981.
  • Hargreaves was a chartered accountant for businesses like KPMG before starting the company, Hargreaves Lansdown.
  • He no longer sits on the firm’s board, but still owns nearly a third of the $116 billion (assets under management) business.
  • In 2017 Hargreaves launched Blue Whale, a fund manager for UK investors.

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