Barnaby Nicholas Swire (born January 1964) is a British billionaire businessman.[1] He is the chairman of the Swire Group.
Early life
Barnaby Swire was born in January 1964.[2][3] He was educated at Eton College.[2] He is a son of the late Sir John Anthony Swire, chairman of the Swire Group between 1966 and 1987 and life president of John Swire & Sons Ltd. He studied history and modern languages at University College, Oxford, leaving in 1985.[2]
Career
Swire started his career at the family business, John Swire & Sons, in 1985.[2] He worked for them in Hong Kong, Papua New Guinea and Japan.[2] He transferred to London in 1994, where he continued to work for the Swire Group.[2] He served on the board of directors of Lewmar Marine.[4]
He has served as the chairman of the Swire Group since the end of 2014,[4][5] when he replaced James Hughes-Hallett.[6] He was chairman of The China Navigation Company Ltd., until 2019.
Following his father's death in November 2016, he is now a billionaire.[7]
Personal life
He is married and has four children.[2] They reside in Kent.[2]
Swire is a significant donor to the Conservative Party.[8]
References
- ^ "List of companies related to Barnaby Swire". Archived from the original on 17 August 2016. Retrieved 31 May 2016.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Steamships Ltd. - Board Of Directors". 18 May 2015. Archived from the original on 18 May 2015.
- ^ "Barnaby Nicholas SWIRE - Personal Appointments (free information from Companies House)". Beta.companieshouse.gov.uk. Retrieved 12 May 2017.
- ^ a b Barnaby N. Swire, Bloomberg Business
- ^ "Swire". www.swire.com.
- ^ Ben Butler, Changing of the guard at Swire, The Australian, 20 January 2015
- ^ "Rich List 2017: #55, £2.15 billion". The Sunday Times Magazine. 7 May 2017. p. 38.
- ^ "Declassified UK: Conservative Party donors and the battle for offshore oil claimed by Venezuela". 8 December 2020.
