Allan Gray (investor)

This article is about the South African investor and philanthropist. For the investment management company founded by him, see Allan Gray (investment management company).

Allan W.B. Gray
Born
Allan William Buchanan Gray

(1938-04-08)8 April 1938
East London, South Africa
Died10 November 2019(2019-11-10) (aged 81)[1]
Bermuda
EducationSelborne College
Alma materRhodes University
Harvard Business School
OccupationFounder of Allan Gray Investment Management
Years active1973–2019
SpouseGill Gray
Children3

Allan William Buchanan Gray (8 April 1938 – 10 November 2019) was a South African billionaire businessman and philanthropist.[2] He founded the privately owned investment management company named after him, and the non-profit Allan Gray Orbis Foundation, and the Allan and Gill Gray Charitable Trust. Before he donated his stake in the Allan Gray investment management company, his net worth was estimated to have been US$1.8 billion in 2017.[3]

  1. ^ Omarjee, Lameez (12 November 2019). "Allan Gray was an investment disruptor - and changed many young lives". Fin24. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
  2. ^ "Allan Gray passes away". Moneyweb. 11 November 2019. Retrieved 11 November 2019.
  3. ^ "Forbes profile: Allan Gray". Forbes. Retrieved 11 November 2019.