Draft:Rick Sopher

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{{AFC comment|1=The article you're trying to submit has been deleted twice following discussions and recent AfC submission was declined as well. This is not to say that my comment is driven by those earlier decisions, but my own search does not give me confidence that article will survive another discussion (and perhaps might be permanently protected as an outcome). Hence, I must refuse this submission. I see that argument around Chevalier of the Légion d'honneur award can be made, but it appeard that tons of people (tens of thousands?) are given those and there's no official source to justify it. While that may have been possible in presence of other significant sources, in this case, sole reliability on that point of notability is difficult to overcome. WeWake (talk) 17:33, 20 May 2025 (UTC)}}

{{AFC comment|1=Added an independent reliable source which has in-depth coverage about him.Richardsho (talk) 07:05, 11 May 2025 (UTC)}}

{{AFC comment|1=Is legion of honor does not establish notability? I also provided a reliable reference for it. Richardsho (talk) 12:01, 9 May 2025 (UTC)}}

{{AFC comment|1=In accordance with Wikipedia's Conflict of interest policy, I disclose that I have a conflict of interest regarding the subject of this article. Richardsho (talk) 17:45, 8 May 2025 (UTC)}}

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{{Infobox person

| name = Rick Sopher

| occupation = Hedge fund manager, CEO of Edmond de Rothschild Capital Holdings

| awards = Chevalier of the Légion d'honneur (2007)[https://agefi.com/actualites/entreprises/lalternatif-represente-10-des-actifs "L’alternatif représente 10% des actifs"], L'Agefi, 15 March 2025

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Rick Sopher is a British hedge fund manager and the CEO of Edmond de Rothschild Capital Holdings.{{cite book |title=The Director |date=1988 |publisher=Director Publications, Limited for the Institute of Directors |page=30 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OUi5AAAAIAAJ&q=%22Rick+Sopher%22 |language=en}}[https://www.reuters.com/markets/top-hedge-funds-earned-sharply-less-clients-2022-lch-data-shows-2023-01-23/ "Top hedge funds earned sharply less for clients in 2022"], Reuters, 23 January 2023 He is involved in compiling rankings of hedge fund managers[https://nypost.com/2015/01/27/bill-ackman-now-among-the-most-successful-hedgies-of-all-time/ "Bill Ackman now among the ‘most successful’ hedgies of all time"], New York Post, 27 January 2015[https://www.cnbc.com/2015/01/26/ackmans-returns-make-him-a-top-20-fund-manager.html "Ackman's returns make him a top 20 fund manager"], CNBC, 26 January 2015 and is associated with long-established fund of hedge funds businesses.[https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/stock-market-today-dow-jones-01-22-2024/card/2vNyZwzFnRh8vqCFGpWr "Chris Hohn's TCI Tops Hedge-Fund Rankings"], Wall Street Journal, 22 January 2024

Sopher has been active in philanthropic work with institutions such as the Woolf Institute,[https://www.woolf.cam.ac.uk/whats-on/news/new-honorary-fellows "New Honorary Fellows"], Woolf Institute Alliance Israélite Universelle, and the Center for Jewish History.[https://programs.cjh.org/archive/five-pillars-2022-04-04 "The Five Pillars of Islam - A Jewish Perspective"], Center for Jewish History, 4 April 2022

In 2007, he received the Chevalier of the Légion d'honneur from French President Jacques Chirac.[https://agefi.com/actualites/entreprises/lalternatif-represente-10-des-actifs "L’alternatif représente 10% des actifs"], L'Agefi, 15 March 2025

Born in the UK and of Iraqi-Jewish descent,[https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/saudi-arabia-jewish-interfaith-group-plant-date-palms-medina "Jewish interfaith group plants date palms in Medina"], Middle East Eye Sopher studied Economics at the University of Cambridge.[https://www.thejc.com/news/world/jews-plant-date-palms-in-medina-for-first-time-in-1400-years-ruifp9ma "Jews plant date palms in Medina"], The Jewish Chronicle, 27 March 2023 He began his career at BDO Stoy Hayward, becoming a partner in 1988.[https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Director/MegiAQAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=%22rick+sopher%22 "The Director], Volume 42", December 1988 He joined the Edmond de Rothschild Group in 1993 and chairs several investment firms.[https://www.risk.net/asset-management/hedge-funds/2437701/best-overall-group-edmond-de-rothschild-capital-holdings "Best overall group"], Risk.net, 8 December 2015

He has served as a director of RIT Capital Partners[https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Alpha_Masters/9fUwBgAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA70 "The Alpha Masters"], John Wiley & Sons, 2014 and has received industry awards such as the Outstanding Contribution Award from Hedge Fund Review[https://www.risk.net/asset-management/hedge-funds/2435948/hedge-funds-review-european-fohf-awards-winners "European FoHF Awards: The winners"], Risk.net, 23 November 2015 and the Decade of Excellence Award from Financial News.[https://www.fnlondon.com/articles/financial-news-hedge-fund-awards-2015-shortlist-decade-of-excellence-20150302 "Decade of Excellence Award"], Financial News, 2 March 2015

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