The 55-year-old is one of the most successful hedge fund managers of his generation
When Chris Rokos decided to donate a record £190m to the University of Cambridge to set up a “school of government” this week, it became the latest mega project carried out in the hedge fund billionaire’s name.
The publicity-shy tycoon has spent much of the last decade presiding over one of England’s most expensive home renovations ever, of the 200-room Tottenham House mansion near Marlborough in Wiltshire, adding a tennis pavilion and private cinema in the £175m revamp.
Now, a new challenge begins. After making the single biggest donation to any UK university in modern times, the Oxford University graduate will lend his name to the project at its Boat Race rival.
The donation comes after he amassed an estimated £2.6bn fortune, largely from Rokos Capital Management (RCM), which he launched in 2015.
