Nicholas Roditi
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| birth_name = Spencer Nicholas Roditi
| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1945|08}}
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| nationality = British
| education = Peterhouse Boys' School
| occupation = Real estate developer
| known for = Fund manager for George Soros
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Spencer Nicholas Roditi (born August 1945) is a British hedge fund manager for George Soros, turned real estate developer. He grew up in Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe).
Early life
Spencer Nicholas Roditi was born in August 1945.{{cite web|url=https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/officers/wczcPu1wTUmQafzcxn4hxx6-qcI/appointments|publisher=beta.companieshouse.gov.uk|title=Spencer Nicholas RODITI - Personal Appointments (free information from Companies House)|accessdate=10 September 2016}} He was educated at Peterhouse Boys' School, an independent boarding school on the outskirts of Marondera, in Zimbabwe. He graduated in 1963.{{cite web |url= http://www.petreans.co.zw/petrean-news/leavers-1960-1969 |title= Leavers 1960-1969 |website= Peterhouse Petrean Society |accessdate= 14 August 2016}}
Career
Roditi was George Soros's "most trusted advisor" for some years and ran his Quota Fund and Quasar International, for which he was paid £80 million in 2006.{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/soros-fund-manager-roditi-on-sick-leave-1180969.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220618/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/soros-fund-manager-roditi-on-sick-leave-1180969.html |archive-date=2022-06-18 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|publisher=independent.co.uk|title=Soros fund manager Roditi on sick leave {{pipe}} The Independent|date=27 October 1998 |accessdate=10 September 2016}}
In April 2015, the Sunday Times estimated his net worth at £1.0 billion{{cite news|title=Sunday Times Rich List|work=The Sunday Times|issue=34|date=26 April 2014}}
According to The Sunday Times Rich List in 2020, Roditi is worth £2 billion, an increase of £333 million from 2019.{{Cite news|last=Times|first=The Sunday|title=Rich List 2020: profiles 51-100, featuring Bernie Ecclestone|newspaper=The Times |language=en|url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/article/rich-list-2020-profiles-51-100-featuring-bernie-ecclestone-wmnjxggkw|access-date=2020-06-09|issn=0140-0460}}
Roditi is a non-executive director of PGI Group.{{cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=35640581&privcapId=877396&previousCapId=869045&previousTitle=The%20Royal%20London%20Mutual%20Insurance%20Society%20Limited|publisher=bloomberg.com|title=Spencer Nicholas Roditi: Executive Profile & Biography - Businessweek|accessdate=10 September 2016}}
Personal life
In 1997 he married Pamela, they have a son called James and live in a Georgian house in Hampstead, London. He has an estate in South Africa, about 40 miles from Cape Town.{{cite web|url=https://www.thefreelibrary.com/pounds+28M+PAY+RISE+FOR+MAN+WHO+WORKS+DOWN+A+BACK+ALLEY%3B+Secretive...-a061069477|publisher=thefreelibrary.com|title=£28M PAY RISE FOR MAN WHO WORKS DOWN A BACK ALLEY; Secretive financier is Britain's richest boss. - Free Online Library|accessdate=10 September 2016}}
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