Introduction
Alan Howard (born September 1963) is a British hedge fund manager, the co-founder of Brevan Howard Asset Management LLP, and a former director of the Conservative Friends of Israel. In February 2013, Forbes listed him as one of the 40 highest-earning hedge fund managers. In 2014, he was ranked 53rd on the UK's Sunday Times Rich List.
His net worth according to Forbes is $1.5 billion as of 2016.
Biography
Born in England to a Jewish family, Howard attended Hasmonean Grammar School, Hendon London. Howard graduated from Imperial College London with a master's degree. He began his financial career at Salomon Brothers and worked in the ECU eurobond market.
Howard serves on the New York Federal Reserve's investor advisory committee on financial markets and is one of a group of financial managers, who on occasion advise New York Federal Reserve officials on economic policy.
Howard founded the Alan Howard Charitable Foundation, which contributes to charities that aims to support Israel and other Jewish causes with a focus on Holocaust education, the homeless and Israeli film. He operates a charitable foundation and supports homeless charities.
In 2010, he moved from London to Geneva, Switzerland. In 2015, Howard purchased a $14.5 million condo in Miami, Florida.