On the Money: Richard Chandler charging into 2022, Jane Hrdlicka, Grant Baker, and more

Richard Chandler: is 2022 the year his electric dreams take flight? (Image: Clermont Group)

Sat, 22 Jan 2022

Richard Chandler is coming into 2022 hot.The other, older, quieter Chandler Bro has his operations running under the Clermont Group banner, which is headquartered in Singapore.Clermont was founded by Richard F. Chandler, as he's self-styling these days, in 2006 after the brothers went their separate investing ways and folded Sovereign Global, the firm the siblings built their vast wealth through by investing in emerging markets. But more on that later.Forbes puts his real-time net worth at about $US2.3 billion (NZ$3.4b). He’s num...

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