Kerr Neilson
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Kerr Neilson

Australia 76 years old Self-Made

Overview

Source of Wealth
Investments
Residence
Sydney
Education
University of Cape Town (Bachelor of Arts/Science)
Marital Status
Divorced
Children
2

Assets

  • Platinum Asset Management
    126,037,000 shares @ -
    -
    PTM-AU
  • Platinum Capital
    1,978,000 shares @ -
    -
    PMC-AU

Biography

Kerr Neilson owns more than 40% of international equities fund manager Platinum Asset Management together with his ex-wife Judith.

They had partially cashed out in a well-timed 2007 IPO.

Known for his value-based contrarian stock picks that have earned him comparisons with Warren Buffett, Neilson bought his first stock at age 13.

A Johannesburg native, he cofounded Platinum in 1994, after moving to Sydney from South Africa a decade earlier to work for Bankers Trust Australia.

In 2020 he retired from Platinum Asset and remains a non-executive director; he supervises the assets of the Neilson Foundation and his own portfolio.