Business and technologyגיא ספייר
Guy Spier
Guy Spier is a Swiss-German-Israeli investor based in Zurich, the founder of the Aquamarine Fund and author of The Education of a Value Investor.
born 1966Founding the Aquamarine FundThe Education of a Value InvestorValue investing
- Born
- 4 February 1966, Pietermaritzburg
- Occupation
- investor, businessperson, writer, hedge fund manager
- Education
- City of London Freemen's School, Brasenose College, Harvard Business School
- Founded
- Aquamarine Fund (1997)
Guy Spier was born in 1966 in Pietermaritzburg
Guy Spier was born in 1966 in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa. At three months old he moved with his family to Tel Aviv, where he went to kindergarten. In 1970 the family moved to Iran, and he attended the British Embassy School in Tehran.
In 1977 the family settled in Richmond in the UK. He boarded during the week at the City of London Freemen's School in Ashtead. In 1984 he began studying law at Brasenose College, Oxford, and in 1986 he moved to Politics, Philosophy and Economics.
From 1988 to 1990 he worked as an associate at Braxton Associates, a strategy consulting firm. After leaving investment banking, he founded the Aquamarine Fund. In 2003 he was among investors investigated by New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer and the SEC over short sales of Farmer Mac, MBIA and Allied Capital.
In 2016 he and two other investors successfully asked the Delaware bankruptcy court to form an official committee of equity holders of Horsehead Holding Corporation. He lives in Zurich with his wife Lory and their three children.
Guy Spier's life in 8 milestones
- 1966
Born in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa.
- 1970
Moved with his family to Iran.
- 1977
Moved with his family to the UK.
- 1984
Began studying law at Brasenose College, Oxford.
- 1988
Joined Braxton Associates as an associate.
- 1997
Founded the Aquamarine Fund.
- 2003
Investigated over short sales by New York's attorney general and the SEC.
- 2016
Helped form an equity holders committee in the Horsehead bankruptcy.
These 6 people share a field, a unit or a party with Guy Spier
- Michael Cherneyborn 1952Trans-World Group aluminum tradingBusiness and technology
Yakov Kedmiborn 1947Heading Nativ from 1992 to 1999Business and technology
Meshulam Riklis1923 to 2019Founding Rapid-American CorporationBusiness and technology
daniel shinarborn 1981The book Red SkiesBusiness and technology
Andi Gutmansborn 1972Co-creating PHPBusiness and technology
Zeev Suraskiborn 1976Co-creating PHP 3Business and technology
Based on English Wikipedia, Guy Spier, under CC BY-SA 4.0. The facts are Wikidata's.
Photograph: Horasis, CC BY-SA 2.0