Guy Rupert Berryman is a Scottish musician, multi-instrumentalist and producer, best known as the bassist for the groups Coldplay and Apparatjik. Berryman is left-handed but plays the bass right-handed.
Education
Berryman was educated at an independent school in Scotland, The Edinburgh Academy, and Kent, at Kent College Canterbury, before attending University College London.
Berryman started an engineering degree at University College London. Soon after, he dropped out of his engineering course and switched to a seven-year architecture program at The Bartlett. He dropped out of his architecture degree after one year to focus on playing bass with Coldplay.
Career
While his bandmates were still continuing their degrees, Berryman worked as a barman in a local London pub.
Berryman used to run a clothing shop called Jezebell in London, which has closed due to debt with running the business. The opening of the store was attended by bandmates Jonny Buckland and Will Champion, and their partners.
Berryman owns a vintage retro style juke box and collects Motown and Stax 7" singles to play on it. He jokes that he knows "every secondhand vinyl shop in every major U.S. city". Berryman once said to have been starstruck by the late James Brown in concert.According to an article released by MSN UK in April 2008, Berryman has an estimated wealth of £25 million.On June 7, 2010, The Sun reported that Berryman and his brother Mark would be forming a company for antiques.