Mark Slater (fund manager)

Mark Slater
Nationality	British
Alma mater	Cambridge University^[citation needed]
Occupation(s)	Businessman, fund manager
Parent	Jim Slater (father)

Mark Slater is a British fund manager, business writer and co-founder of Slater Investments. He is the son of the financier Jim Slater.^[1]

Slater's father gave him money to invest when he was sixteen.^[2] He worked as a journalist for the Investors Chronicle.^[3] In 1994, with Ralph Baber, he started a fund management company, Slater Investments.^{[citation needed]}

In March 2016, Slater and Steve Rawlings made a successful bid to change the management at Lakehouse, a building contractor in which they had a substantial investment.^[4][5][6]

Recognition

In 2014, Slater was named "fund manager of the year" by City A.M.^[7]

In 2016 he was first on a list published by The Daily Telegraph of UK fund managers who had achieved an average return of more than 10 per cent over ten years.^[1]

References

1. Connington, James. "Which fund manager returned more than 12pc per year over the past decade?". telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
2. O'Sullivan, Tom (11 March 2000). "The young rich entrepreneurs 1–10". The Observer. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
3. Walters, Leonora. "Seeking dividends, Slater style". Investors Chronicle. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
4. Palmer, Kate (4 April 2016). "Lakehouse bosses rally to block founder's attempted boardroom re-entry". The Telegraph. Retrieved 11 February 2017.
5. Grote, Daniel. "Mark Slater leads shareholder revolt at Lakehouse". Citywire. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
6. Yarker, Jonathan. "Mark Slater wins battle to oust Lakehouse chair". Citywire. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
7. Haslett, Emma (13 November 2014). "PwC, Uber and Zoopla win big at the 2014 City A.M. Awards". City A.M. Retrieved 11 February 2017.