Background
Hargreaves was born in Clitheroe and educated at Clitheroe Royal Grammar School in Lancashire.
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Peter Hargreaves
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Career
He is no longer a director or employee of Hargreaves Lansdown. Trained as an accountant, Peter Hargreaves initially worked as a computer salesman. He then started Hargreaves Lansdown trading from a bedroom in 1981.
In 2010, he stood down as chief executive, receiving £18 million in payouts from dividends.
He was succeeded as Chief Executive Officer by Ian Gorham. He is reportedly now worth £1,025 million according to the Sunday Times Rich List 2011.
Hargreaves joined the board of Information Technology Management Power in February 2004 as a non-executive director: he has invested heavily in Information Technology Management Power. In March 2016 he joined the Leave.EU movement to campaign for the United Kingdom"s exit from the European Union.
