Who is British billionaire Alan Howard? Lady Gaga performed at his wedding, a US$12 million ceremony on Lake Como – he also splurges on NFTs, crypto and Monet artworks
- Howard is the co-founder of the one of the world’s top macro hedge funds and remains in Forbes’ billionaire list – he also has an extensive crypto portfolio
- He paid US$43 million for a Claude Monet painting that once belonged to former Philippines dictator Ferdinand Marcos and stolen by his wife Imelda Marcos’ aide
British billionaire Alan Howard is known in the trading world as the co-founder of Brevan Howard Asset Management, “a European hedge fund specialising in macro trading” per Forbes, which was set up in 2002. The firm reached up to US$40 billion in 2013, and became known as one of the world’s top macro hedge funds.
Although usually low-key, Howard made headlines for his recent wedding to his second wife, Caroline Byron. The couple officially tied the knot in early 2020, but held their wedding party recently.
From how he’s largely engaged in the cryptocurrency world, to using his cash to secure ownership of a beloved Monet, there are few things known to the public about Howard, yet these interesting titbits give us clues on the way he lives.
Here’s what we know so far about the British billionaire …
He’s been married before and has four children
The 59-year-old Howard was previously married to Sabine, who is French, and they have four children together.
Byron, aged 33, is an American gluten-free chef. The couple officially married in early 2020 amid the pandemic. The much-talked-about wedding ceremony, which cost about US$12 million, was held recently in the upscale Lake Como resort area.
Howard reserved the lakeside mansion, Villa Olmo, and had it closed for about a month for the wedding preparations, per British media. The move upset locals, however, as the venue was deemed to be too much of public property to be closed for 27 days.