13-611: Cowdery is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Clive Cowdery (born 1963), English businessman John Cowdery (1930–2013), American politician Josh Cowdery (born 1978), American actor Mae Virginia Cowdery (1909–1953), American poet Nicholas Cowdery (born 1946), Australian barrister Oliver Cowdery (1806–1850), American Latter Day Saint Warren A. Cowdery (1788–1851), American Latter Day Saint See also [ edit ] Cowdrey (disambiguation) [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with
26-587: Is a list of the 1,000 wealthiest people or families resident in the United Kingdom ranked by net wealth . The list is updated annually in April and has been published as a magazine supplement by British national Sunday newspaper The Sunday Times since 1989. The editorial decisions governing the compilation of the Rich List are published in the newspaper and online as its "Rules of engagement". The Rich List
39-403: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles Clive Cowdery Sir Clive Cowdery (born 26 May 1963) is an English businessman and philanthropist who made a personal fortune in the insurance industry , founding two FTSE100 insurers and a third insurer which has deployed circa $ 5bn in capital with $ 90bn in assets, and has since donated large amounts to charity, including
52-731: Is not limited to British citizens and it includes individuals and families born overseas but who predominantly work and/or live in Britain. This excludes some individuals with prominent financial assets in Britain. The editors estimate subjects' wealth from a range of public information, based on values in January each year. They typically explain their actions by stating: "We measure identifiable wealth, whether land, property, racehorses, art or significant shares in publicly quoted companies. We exclude bank accounts—to which we have no access... We try to give due consideration to liabilities." The 2015 list marked
65-607: The Resolution Foundation which he founded in 2005. Born of Anglo Danish parentage in Bristol , England, in 1963, he is the second of five siblings. He was educated at Clevedon Comprehensive School (now Clevedon Community School ), and earned three O-levels and no A-levels. Cowdery is founder and executive chairman of Resolution Life , a global life insurance group focusing on the acquisition and management of portfolios of life insurance policies. From 1998 to 2003, Cowdery
78-506: The Rich List , The Sunday Times has produced an annual Giving List , which tracks the most generous philanthropists in the UK as a proportion of their wealth. In 2018, it was reported that, of the 300 philanthropists listed in the Giving List , a total of £3.207 billion was given away. Jamie Cooper, the former wife of hedge fund manager Sir Christopher Anthony Hohn , was ranked in first place with
91-410: The surname Cowdery . If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name (s) to the link. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cowdery&oldid=772623228 " Category : Surnames Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description
104-581: The first year Queen Elizabeth II was not among the list's top 300 most wealthy since the list began in 1989. She was number one on the inaugural Sunday Times Rich List 1989 . The most recent list was published online on 17 May 2024 and in print on 19 May 2024. The Sunday Times Tax List was inaugurated on 27 January 2019 in the Sunday Times Magazine , using data collected for the Rich List and edited by Robert Watts. Since 2005, as part of
117-455: The needs of c. 13 million policyholders while managing over US$ 365 billion of assets. His first Resolution vehicle consolidated four major UK closed life insurance companies from Royal Sun Alliance, Swiss Life, Britannic and Santander (Abbey National Life). The FTSE100 insurer was sold to Pearl Group in 2008. His second Resolution vehicle merged FTSE100 insurer Friends Provident with AXA 's UK life business and other assets. The company
130-584: The policy responses required to lift their living standards. Cowdery is owner and publisher of the magazine Prospect and a member of the governing council of The Institute for New Economic Thinking . Until February 2021, he was also a director of Best for Britain , a group campaigning to stop Brexit . Cowdery was knighted in the 2016 New Year Honours for services to children and social mobility. Cowdery lives in London and has six children. Sunday Times Rich List The Sunday Times Rich List
143-436: The primary life insurance industry globally. According to The Sunday Times Rich List in 2019 his net worth was estimated at £137 million. Since formation of his Resolution vehicles Cowdery has devoted half of all proceeds to charity. The Resolution Foundation , an independent social and economic research organisation set up by Cowdery in 2005, purports to be one of Britain's leading authorities on low earners and
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#1732851640060156-488: Was chairman and chief executive of General Electric Insurance Holdings, with operations in 12 countries in Europe. In 2003, Cowdery founded his private company Resolution , which invests in life insurance consolidation. Since then, Cowdery’s Resolution companies have deployed c. US$ 17 billion of equity in the acquisition, reinsurance, consolidation and management of life insurance companies. Together, these companies have served
169-460: Was sold to Aviva in 2015. These two completed projects made significant total returns for shareholders. His current business, Resolution Life, was founded in 2018 and today manages c.$ 90 billion of assets, employs c. 1,800 people and provide services to over 3m policyholders. It has operations in Bermuda, the U.K., the U.S., Australia and New Zealand, all focused on assisting the restructuring of
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