Stephen Lansdown

Hargreaves Lansdown co-founder

Stephen Lansdown is the co-founder of UK financial services firm Hargreaves Lansdown, and is an English-born Guernsey billionaire. Lansdown and Peter Hargreaves started Hargreaves Lansdown from a bedroom in 1981. 

He is also a founder of Bristol Sport and majority shareholder of Bristol Rugby, Bristol Flyers basketball club, and Bristol City Football Club. In April 2009, he sold 4.7% of Hargreaves Lansdown for £47.2m, which he put towards building Bristol City's new football stadium. In May 2017, his net worth was reported to be in the region of £1.48bn.

More recently, Lansdown has backed a sustainable private equity fund investing in technology and manufacturing businesses.

Lansdown was appointed a CBE in the 2017 Birthday Honours for services to business and the community in Bristol.

Investment Trusts

Lansdown-backed Ravenscroft launches Guernsey-focused fund

Backed by Stephen Lansdown

16 February 2018 • 2 min read

Investment

Stephen Lansdown backs private equity fund

Targeting sustainable UK businesses

01 December 2017 • 1 min read

Investment

Lansdown-backed Ravenscroft acquires BullionRock

Investor demand for precious metals

19 November 2017 • 2 min read

Platforms

Stephen Lansdown: FCA platform study 'unnecessary' but real good may come of it

FCA launched Platform Review in July

28 September 2017 • 4 min read