Nick Leeson

Nick Leeson

male, 42 years old
Nicholas Leeson (English, born February 25, 1967) is a former derivatives trader whose unsupervised speculative trading caused the collapse of...
Nick Denton

Nick Denton

male (New York City Area, United States)
Nick Denton is the founder and proprietor of Gawker Media. Nick Denton was educated at University College School and University College, Oxford. He...
Ben Mezrich

Ben Mezrich

male
Ben Mezrich is an American author from Boston, Massachusetts, who started out writing fiction but now has made his foray into non-fiction. He...

Russell Sturgis

male, deceased (1887)
Russell Sturgis (1805-1887) was a Boston merchant active in the China trade, and later head of Baring Brothers, London. Sturgis was born in Boston,...

Joshua Bates

male, deceased (1864)
Joshua Bates (1788-1864) was an American financier, born in Weymouth, Massachusetts. A merchant and a banker, in 1828 he became associated with...

William Lidderdale

male, deceased (1902)
William Lidderdale (July 16, 1832 - June 26, 1902) was a British merchant, and governor of the Bank of England between 1889 and 1892. Lidderdale...
Sylvain van de Weyer

Sylvain van de Weyer

male, deceased (1874)
Jean-Sylvain Van de Weyer (19 January 1802-23 May 1874) was a Belgian politician, and then the Belgian Minister at the Court of St. James. Born in...

Alexander Baring 1st Baron Ashburton

male, deceased (1848)
Alexander Baring, 1st Baron Ashburton <small>PC</small> (October 1774 - May 13 1848) was an English politician and financier. Alexander was the...

Richard Jupp

male, deceased (1799)
Richard Jupp was an 18th century English architect, particularly associated with buildings in and around London. He served for many years (c....

Patrick Shaw-Stewart

male, deceased (1917)
Patrick Shaw-Stewart (17 August, 1888 - 30 December, 1917) was a brilliant Eton College and Oxford scholar of the Edwardian era who died on active...