Hedge fund billionaire Sir Chris Hohn paid himself ‘£1.5m a day this year’
by Rupert Neate Wealth correspondent from World news | The Guardian on (#66BRB)
The 574m payout is thought to be highest annual amount ever paid to one person in Britain
The billionaire hedge fund manager Sir Chris Hohn paid himself a record-breaking $690m (574m) this year after his Children's Investment (TCI) fund recorded a a surge in profits.
The payout from the Mayfair-based hedge fund, where the prime minister, Rishi Sunak, worked between 2006 and 2009, is the biggest ever collected by Hohn and believed to be the highest annual amount ever paid to one person in Britain. It equates to more than 1.5m a day.
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