07-12-2017 20:27 via theguardian.com

Hedge fund boss pays himself £270m, despite hedge fund only making £200m

It is understood that Sir Chris Hohn reinvested most of the money back into his Children’s Investment FundHedge fund manager Sir Chris Hohn paid himself £270m last year – £70m more than his Children’s Investment Fund made in profit.Hohn, the son of a Jamaican car mechanic who emigrated to Britain in the 1960s, collected $363.9m (£270m) in dividend payments from the hedge fund he set up in 2003. His pay is 1,800 times that collected by the prime minister.Contin
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