Robert Waley-Cohen
{{Short description|English entrepreneur}}
{{for|his grandfather|Robert Waley Cohen}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2021}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Robert Waley-Cohen
| birth_name = Robert Bernard Waley-Cohen
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| birth_date = {{bda|1948|11|10|df=y}}
| birth_place = Westminster, United Kingdom
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| education = Eton College
| occupation = Businessman
| title = {{indented plainlist|
- Founder and CEO of Alliance Imaging Inc
- Founder and CEO of Alliance Medical
- Founder and Director of Portman Healthcare}}
| boards = {{indented plainlist|
- The Jockey Club until 2019
- Brown Advisory}}
| spouse = {{unbulleted list|{{marriage|The Honourable Felicity Ann Samuel|1975}}}}
| children = 4
| mother = Joyce Waley-Cohen
| father = Bernard Waley-Cohen
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Robert Bernard Waley-Cohen DL (born 10 November 1948 in Westminster, London) is an English entrepreneur.
Personal life
He is the son of Bernard Waley-Cohen and Joyce Waley-Cohen, and grandson of Sir Robert Waley Cohen and Harry Nathan, 1st Baron Nathan. He was educated at Eton College.{{cite web|title=Robert Bernard WALEY-COHEN|url=http://www.debretts.com/people-of-today/profile/22323/Robert-Bernard-WALEY-COHEN|publisher=Debrett's|accessdate=21 December 2015|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160312050910/http://www.debretts.com/people-of-today/profile/22323/Robert-Bernard-WALEY-COHEN|archivedate=12 March 2016}}
In 1975, Waley-Cohen married The Honourable Felicity Ann Samuel, daughter of Marcus Samuel, 3rd Viscount Bearsted.{{cite book |last=Mosley |first=Charles |date=1999|title=Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 106th edition|location=Crans, Switzerland |publisher=Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd}} The couple have four children, Marcus, Jessica, Sam and Thomas. Thomas died in 2004 from cancer.{{cite news|title=Family matters for the Waley-Cohen dynasty|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/racing/family-matters-for-the-waleycohen-dynasty-7554731.html|accessdate=22 February 2015|work=The Independent|date=11 March 2012}}{{cite web|url=https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20220410-waley-cohen-s-national-fairytale-sparked-by-family-tragedy|title=Waley-Cohen's National fairytale sparked by family tragedy|publisher=France 24|date=10 April 2022|access-date= 16 February 2024 }}
He has three siblings. His brother is Sir Stephen Waley-Cohen a senior figure in the world of theatre, and operator of St Martin's Theatre home of The Mousetrap. He has two sisters, Rosalind, who is married to the former New Zealand politician Philip Burdon and Joanna a professor at New York University. His nephew, Jack, is the question editor for BBC quiz Only Connect and founder of What3words.
In 2009, his net worth was estimated at £30million by the Sunday Times Rich List.{{cite web|url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/healthcare/article/robert-waley-cohen-70klhp3g0gc|title=Robert Waley-Cohen|work=The Times|date=26 April 2009|access-date= 16 February 2024 }} Waley-Cohen was appointed as a Deputy Lieutenant of the County of Warwickshire on 16 August 2016.{{cite web |title=Lord Lieutenant's Appointments |url=https://lordlieutenantofwarwickshire.co.uk/lord-lieutenants-appointments |website=The Lord Lieutenant of Warwickshire |date=20 November 2022 |access-date=20 November 2022 |language=en}}{{cite web |title=Deputy Lieutenant Commissions WARWICKSHIRE LIEUTENANCY |url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/notice/2597007 |website=The London Gazette |date=19 August 2016 |access-date=20 November 2022 |language=en}}
Business
Waley-Cohen started his career in 1969 with Christie's auction house, where he remained until 1981.{{cite book |last=Mosley |first=Charles |date=2003 |title=Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes|location=Wilmington, Delaware |publisher=Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd}} He has founded multiple companies including a founding shareholder and director of Portman Healthcare, a dental business, founder and CEO of Alliance Medical and later founder and CEO of Alliance Imaging Inc in California. Waley-Cohen is on the board of American investment company Brown Advisory.{{cite web|url=https://www.brownadvisory.com/robert-waley-cohen|title=Robert Waley-Cohen|publisher=Brown Advisory|access-date= 16 February 2024 }}
Horse racing
Waley-Cohen is a noted horse racing owner and breeder. He was chairman of Cheltenham Racecourse until October 2019, succeeded by Martin St Quinton.{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2020/jan/08/cheltenham-quash-speculation-fifth-day-festival-horse-racing|title=Cheltenham quash speculation about fifth day at famous Festival meeting|work=The Guardian|date=8 January 2020|access-date= 16 February 2024 |last1=Wood |first1=Greg }} He has experienced multiple successes of big race victories including the 2011 Cheltenham Gold Cup with Long Run, and the 2022 Grand National with Noble Yeats ridden by his son, Sam Waley-Cohen.{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2011/mar/18/long-run-cheltenham-gold-cup|title=Long Run triumphs for amateur Sam Waley-Cohen in Cheltenham Gold Cup|work=The Guardian|date=18 March 2011|access-date= 16 February 2024 }} {{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2022/apr/09/amateur-sam-waley-cohen-wins-grand-national-on-noble-yeats-on-his-final-ride-horse-racing|title=Grand National 2022: Amateur Sam Waley-Cohen wins with 50-1 Noble Yeats on his final ride|work=The Guardian|date=9 April 2022|access-date= 16 February 2024 }}
References
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Category:Deputy lieutenants of Warwickshire
Category:English company founders
Category:People educated at Eton College
Category:British businesspeople in the healthcare industry
Category:British racehorse owners and breeders
Category:Younger sons of baronets
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