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Gavyn Davies was born on 27 November, 1950 in Southern Rhodesia, is a Gavyn Davies, is former Goldman Sachs. Discover Gavyn Davies's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 73 years old?
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Southern Rhodesia |
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United Kingdom
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Gavyn Davies Height, Weight & Measurements
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Who Is Gavyn Davies's Wife?
His wife is Sue Nye
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Sue Nye |
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1 daughter, 2 sons |
Gavyn Davies Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Gavyn Davies worth at the age of 73 years old? Gavyn Davies’s income source is mostly from being a successful former. He is from United Kingdom. We have estimated Gavyn Davies's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Timeline
Gavyn Davies, (born 27 November 1950) is a former Goldman Sachs partner who was the chairman of the BBC from 2001 until 2004.
The family moved to the UK in 1961 where he was educated at Taunton's School, Southampton, St John's College, Cambridge and Balliol College, Oxford, where he conducted research.
Afterwards he had stints as Chief Economist at Simon & Coates and Goldman Sachs.
He was later promoted to international managing director of the bank.
During this time he also served as one of the Chancellor of the Exchequer's "wise men" during the 1992–1997 Parliament.
In 1999 he chaired an inquiry into the future funding of the BBC.
His suggestions – to sell off a portion of BBC Worldwide (the corporation's commercial wing) and to raise the television licence fee by around 20% in order to fund new digital channels – were swiftly rejected by the Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee.
In January 2001, he was appointed vice-chairman of the BBC Board of Governors.
He was promoted to chairman just 10 months later for a five-year term after being recommended by Tessa Jowell.
Upon becoming chairman, Davies resigned his membership of the Labour Party.
On 28 January 2004 he announced that he was resigning his BBC post following the publication of the Hutton Inquiry report which heavily criticised the organisation.
Davies was born in Southern Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe, where his father was head teacher at what was then its only black high school.
In January 2004, he resigned from the board after the publication of the Hutton Inquiry which heavily criticised the BBC's news reporting, for which Davies had pledged support.
In his resignation statement he said he was "happy to accept ... ultimate responsibility" for everything the BBC does.
However, he raised questions about the conclusions of Lord Hutton, including the question of the use of unverifiable sources and possible threats to the freedom of the press.
Davies has in the past donated part of his wealth to the Labour Party, of which he had been a long-term supporter.
His appointment as BBC chairman sparked allegations of cronyism from Opposition political parties – Davies' wife Sue Nye was a private secretary of Prime Minister Gordon Brown and the pair are known to be good friends.
Defenders of the appointment pointed out that Davies had been selected by a panel independent of Government.
It has been suggested that the behaviour of Davies and Greg Dyke during the David Kelly affair was in part due to a wish to demonstrate their independence of government.
After his resignation, he became somewhat of a critic of the then Labour government.
In 2005, he set up a $1.35 Billion hedge fund to invest in macroeconomic situations.
He also wrote a weekly column on mathematics and statistics, Gavyn Davies does the maths, for The Guardian.
Since August 2010 he has written a blog on macroeconomics for Financial Times.
He is a founding partner of Active Private Equity, Anthos Capital, and Prisma Capital Partners, as well as Chairman of Fulcrum Asset Management.
Davies and his wife live in Wandsworth, having moved there to give their daughter the opportunity to attend a better school.
They also have two sons and a further home in Croyde, Devon.