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The founder of the hedge fund CQS, Sir Michael sits at 52nd on the AFR Rich List with a fortune estimated at $2.2 billion, which includes substantial agricultural holdings in Australia. The government statement announcing his peerage cited him as a “businessman, founder of the Hintze Family Charitable Foundation and trustee of the National Gallery”. His patronage is highly visible in London. He has a hall named after him at the Natural History Museum, following a £5 million donation that was the largest the 141-year-old institution has ever received. He has supported most of city’s major art institutions and museums,...
