Edward Henry Bonham Carter (born 24 May 1960) is an English fund manager.

Early life

Edward Henry Bonham Carter was born and raised in Golders Green, London. He is the elder son of Raymond Bonham Carter, who was a merchant banker, and Elena (née Proper de Callejón), a psychotherapist. He has two younger siblings: his sister is the actress Helena Bonham Carter

Helena Bonham Carter

Helena Bonham Carter is an English actress of film, stage, and television. She made her acting debut in a television adaptation of K. M. Peyton's A Pattern of Roses before winning her first film role as the titular character in Lady Jane...

 and his brother is Thomas Bonham Carter, who co-manages a corporate governance agency. He went to Harrow School

Harrow School

Harrow School, commonly known simply as "Harrow", is an English independent school for boys situated in the town of Harrow, in north-west London.. The school is of worldwide renown. There is some evidence that there has been a school on the site since 1243 but the Harrow School we know today was...

 and the University of Manchester

University of Manchester

The University of Manchester is a public research university located in Manchester, United Kingdom. It is a "red brick" university and a member of the Russell Group of research-intensive British universities and the N8 Group...

 where he studied Economics and Politics.

Career

He was appointed Chief Investment Officer of Jupiter Fund Management in July 1999. In 2000, he took over as joint chief executive when John Duffield

John Duffield

John Duffield is the founder of Jupiter Fund Management, one of the largest funder managers operating in London.-Career:Born the son of a Doctor and educated at Harrow School, Duffield went into investment management and, having become manager of his wife's estates, moved to Switzerland as a tax...

 left over disagreements with the management of Commerzbank

Commerzbank

Commerzbank AG is the second-largest bank in Germany, after Deutsche Bank, headquartered in Frankfurt am Main.-Activities:Commerzbank is mainly active in commercial bank, retail banking and mortgaging. It suffered reversals in investment banking in early 2000s and scaled back its Securities unit...

. In 2007 he led a management buy-out, supported by US private equity firm TA Associates

TA Associates

TA Associates, founded in 1968, is one of the oldest private equity firms in the United States. The firm employs a hybrid strategy making growth capital investments in developing companies and acquiring mature companies through leveraged buyout and recapitalization transactions...

. Jupiter staff (95% of whom have shares in Jupiter) have a majority stake in the business.

He appears regularly on Working Lunch

Working Lunch

Working Lunch was a television programme broadcast on BBC Two which covered business, personal finance and consumer news between 1994 and 2010. The programme was first aired on 19 September 1994. It had a quirky, relaxed style, especially when compared to other BBC business shows such as World...

, a BBC

BBC

The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...

 finance programme and on BBC Radio 4

BBC Radio 4

BBC Radio 4 is a British domestic radio station, operated and owned by the BBC, that broadcasts a wide variety of spoken-word programmes, including news, drama, comedy, science and history. It replaced the BBC Home Service in 1967. The station controller is currently Gwyneth Williams, and the...

's The Today Programme.

Personal life

Edward married former Wish You Were Here? presenter Victoria Studd

Victoria Studd

-Career:She was a presenter for Wish You Were Here? from 1991 to 1996, appearing in eight episodes in total. Before appearing on the show, she spent a brief time presenting Holiday, a travel shown that has seen the likes of Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen, Charlie Dimmock, and Hermione Norris presenting...

on 1 October 1994 at Penn, Buckinghamshire, England. The couple have three children: Harry, Maud Vanna and Tobias Gilbert Bonham Carter.

External links

• "Bonham Carter's top tips" (speaking to Michael Clarke) ThisIsMoney.co.uk, 21 October 2006.