Background
Jonathan Ruffer was born on 17 August 1951 in London, England, and lived from an early age in Stokesley, North Yorkshire, England.
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Babel: The Breaking of the Banks by Jonathan G. Ruffer (2009-12-10)
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Babel: The Breaking of the Banks by Jonathan G. Ruffer (2009-12-10)
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01FKRCMA8/?tag=2022091-20
The Big Shots: Edwardian Shooting Parties
(A fascinating history of the early days of shooting on th...)
A fascinating history of the early days of shooting on the great estates such as Sandringham and Chatsworth, with over 100 archive photographs and records.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1870948386/?tag=2022091-20
Babel: The Breaking of the Banks
(Many hundreds of discerning investors have already witnes...)
Many hundreds of discerning investors have already witnessed and benefited from Jonathan Ruffer's special blend of caution and shrewd moves in the world's money markets. Now at the end of a decade of unprecedented volatility in Babel we are privileged to get a real and detailed insight into his world. The author examines the causes and affects of the downturn. He reproduces the hugely influential paper, Cracking the Great Market Code; he points out Pacific Rim opportunities; he assesses government and central bank interventions and he looks to the future among changed financial systems. Above all he ties the reader to the page with sequences of literary, biblical and often musical allusions. Stories, wit, hold old-fashioned jokes litter pages which ultimately unravel an impossible complicated world and then represent it as part of a coherent philosophy.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/189916393X/?tag=2022091-20
Big Shots, The: Edwardian Shooting Parties
(History of shooting on the great estates such as Sandring...)
History of shooting on the great estates such as Sandringham and Chatsworth, with over 100 archive photographs and records.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1899163387/?tag=2022091-20
Jonathan Ruffer
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Education
He was educated at Marlborough College, a public school in Marlborough, Wiltshire. He graduated from Sidney Sussex College, a constituent college of the University of Cambridge, in 1972.
Career
Ruffer started as a stockbroker, before becoming a barrister. He is now a Bencher of the Middle Temple. He worked in corporate finance for Schroders, an accepting house bank.
He worked for Dunbar, a private bank, from 1980 to 1985.
He also served on the Board of Directors of one of its subsidiaries, Dunbar Fund Management, from 1981 to 1985. He then served on the Board of Directors of CFS from 1985 to 1994 (re-named Rathbone Plc).
He served on the Board of Directors of Odey Asset Management, founded by Crispin Odey, from 1992 to 2005. Fuel Technical from 1994 to 1998.
And Electric & General Investment Trust from 2001 to 2011.
In 1994, he co-founded Ruffer Investment Management Limited, an investment management firm with Robert Shirley, 14th Earl Ferrers and Jane Tufnell. The firm was renamed Ruffer Limited Liability Partnership in 2004 and is now based at 80 Victoria street in London. Ruffer served as its Chief Executive Officer from 1994 to 2012.
He has served as its Chairman since 2011.
The firm managed £15.4 billion on behalf of its clients in 2012-2013. In 2014, it had 199 employees, and additional offices in Edinburgh and Hong Kong.
He is a research fellow at Street John"s College, Durham. He has published articles in The Spectator.
Ruffer credits William Rathbone VI as a source of inspiration for his philanthropy.
He believes nobody needs more than £20 million. He served as the Chairman of the Good Shepherd Mission in Bethnal Green from 1998 to 2008. He has also supported the Church Urban Fund.
He expressed an interest in reviving County Durham through philanthropy in 2012.
That same year, he donated £1 million to the Durham Foundation. A year later, in 2013, he donated £15 million to preserve Auckland Castle, the historical palace of the Bishop of Durham, through the Auckland Castle Trust, of which he is the Chair.
This included the preservation of twelve paintings by Francisco de Zurbarán, present in the palace since 1756. In 2014, he decided to add a theme park to the grounds in order to bring in more visitors.
He has endowed the Jonathan Ruffer curatorial grants at The Art Fund, which give £75,000 to curators every year.
Ruffer collects "Spanish old masters". He also owns paintings by Thomas Gainsborough.
Works
book
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Babel: The Breaking of the Banks
(Many hundreds of discerning investors have already witnes...)
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The Big Shots: Edwardian Shooting Parties
(A fascinating history of the early days of shooting on th...)
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Big Shots, The: Edwardian Shooting Parties
(History of shooting on the great estates such as Sandring...)
- Babel: The Breaking of the Banks by Jonathan G. Ruffer (2009-12-10)
- Babel: The Breaking of the Banks by Jonathan G. Ruffer (2009-12-10)
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Babel: The Breaking of the Banks
Politics
However, he is critical of William Temple"s Christian socialism.
