Pierre Lagrange is a Belgian hedge fund manager and co-founder of GLG Partners

GLG Partners

GLG Partners, Inc. is an American global hedge fund sponsor that, as of 14th October 2010, is a wholly owned subsidiary of British alternative investment manager Man plc...

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Lagrange was born Belgium

Belgium

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 and now resides with his family in London

London

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 and Hampshire

Hampshire

Hampshire is a county on the southern coast of England in the United Kingdom. The county town of Hampshire is Winchester, a historic cathedral city that was once the capital of England. Hampshire is notable for housing the original birthplaces of the Royal Navy, British Army, and Royal Air Force...

. In september 2011 it was published that he will divorce of his wife Catherine Anspach and is living together with the London fashion designer Roubi L'Roubi.

After receiving an MS degree in Business Engineering (Ingénieur de Gestion) from the Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management

Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management

The Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management is an economics and management school and a Faculty of the Université libre de Bruxelles, in Brussels, Belgium.-History:...

, he worked for JP Morgan and Goldman Sachs

Goldman Sachs

The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. is an American multinational bulge bracket investment banking and securities firm that engages in global investment banking, securities, investment management, and other financial services primarily with institutional clients...

 before co-founding GLG Partners in 1995 with Noam Gottesman

Noam Gottesman

Noam Gottesman is an Israeli-American businessman living in the United Kingdom. He is co-founder , chairman and co-chief executive of GLG Partners, a London and New York-based hedge fund....

 and Jonathan Green as a division of Lehman Brothers

Lehman Brothers

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, becoming independent in 2000.

He owned Grade II listed Woodperry House

Woodperry House

Woodperry House located in Stanton St John, South Oxfordshire, England,is a Grade II listed building house.Woodperry was built from 1728 for John Morse, a London goldsmith and partner in Child & Co. Morse owned a house in Woodstock at the entrance to Blenheim Palace that influenced the design, with...

 in Oxfordshire

Oxfordshire

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, before downsizing in 2006 to a country house in Hampshire

Hampshire

Hampshire is a county on the southern coast of England in the United Kingdom. The county town of Hampshire is Winchester, a historic cathedral city that was once the capital of England. Hampshire is notable for housing the original birthplaces of the Royal Navy, British Army, and Royal Air Force...

. The Sunday Times Rich List

Sunday Times Rich List

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reported that in 2009 he had a wealth of £195m, a fall of £265m from the previous year.