Barnaby Swire

Barnaby Nicholas Swire (born January 1964) is a British billionaire businessman.[2] He is the chairman of the Swire Group.

Barnaby Swire
Born
Barnaby Nicholas Swire

January 1964 (age 56)
NationalityBritish
EducationEton College
Alma materUniversity College, Oxford
OccupationBusinessman
Net worth£2.15 billion (May 2017)[1]
Children4
RelativesSir John Anthony Swire (father), Jonathan Swire (brother) Sir Adrian Swire (uncle) Merlin Swire (cousin) Samuel Compton Swire (cousin)

Early life

Barnaby Swire was born in January 1964.[3][4] He was educated at Eton College.[3] He is a son of the late Sir John Anthony Swire, chairman of the Swire Group between 1966 and 1987 and life president of John Swire & Sons Ltd. He studied history and modern languages at University College, Oxford, leaving in 1985.[3]

Career

Swire started his career at the family business, John Swire & Sons, in 1985.[3] He worked for them in Hong Kong, Papua New Guinea and Japan.[3] He transferred to London in 1994, where he continued to work for the Swire Group.[3] He served on the board of directors of Lewmar Marine.[5]

He has served as the chairman of the Swire Group since the end of 2014,[5][6] when he replaced James Hughes-Hallett.[7] He also serves as the chairman of two subsidiaries, The China Navigation Company and Swire Oilfield Services, and on the board of directors of Swire Pacific Offshore, Steamships Trading Company and John Swire & Son (Green Investments).[3][5]

Following his father's death in November 2016, he is now a billionaire.[1]

Personal life

He is married and has four children.[3] They reside in Kent.[3]

References
  1. "Rich List 2017: #55, £2.15 billion". The Sunday Times Magazine. 7 May 2017. p. 38.
  2. List of companies related to Barnaby Swire - http://www.flixens.com/director/barnaby-nicholas-swire
  3. Steamships Trading Company: Board of Directors
  4. "Barnaby Nicholas SWIRE - Personal Appointments (free information from Companies House)". Beta.companieshouse.gov.uk. Retrieved 12 May 2017.
  5. Barnaby N. Swire, Bloomberg Business
  6. Swire Group: Chairman's message
  7. Ben Butler, Changing of the guard at Swire, The Australian, 20 January 2015


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.