Guy Hands is one of the most popular and richest Entrepreneur who was born on August 27, 1959 in London, England, United Kingdom. He is just like Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling.
Hands was born in London, to South African parents, by way of Southern Rhodesia. He was educated at Holy Trinity School, Cookham, where he was diagnosed as severely dyslexic. Subsequently, he was sent to Ravenscroft Preparatory School, a special needs school, aged 9 and The Judd School, Tonbridge. More recently, Hands contributed the funds for the construction of the Guy Hands Library at the Judd School. In a Ravenscroft production of Macbeth in 1970, he played the part of Lady Macbeth opposite Christopher Newbury as Macbeth.
Hands studied Philosophy, Politics and Economics at Mansfield College, Oxford. At Oxford, Hands held the office of Bursar of the Oxford Union and was also President of the Oxford University Conservative Association in Michaelmas Term 1980. Hands later provided funding for construction of the Hands Building at Mansfield College.
He was married to Julia Carline Ablethorpe and they have four children.
He was also the chairman of EMI Group Limited, a publishing and music recording company. But, the investment in the company was a failure.
Guy Hands (born 27 August 1959) is an English financier and investor. He is most notable as the founder and chairman of Terra Firma Capital Partners, one of the largest private equity firms in Europe. Hands also served as chairman of the UK music company EMI.
