Crispin Odey

Robin Crispin Odey is a prominent hedge fund figure in London and the founder of hedge fund Odey Asset Management.
He is a donor to the Conservative Party, UKIP and played a major role in funding the campaign for the UK to leave the EU. He gave a total of £873,288.15
==Brexit==
Odey backed Vote Leave, donating £873,328 to the campaign for Britain to leave the EU.
He says that talk about hedge fund managers wanting to come out of Brussels because of the directives introduced after the financial crisis that might have affected their industry is “all crap”. Rather, he says, “Europe hasn’t exactly covered itself in glory”.Why are hedge funds supporting Brexit?, Guardian, 6 Nov 2015
===Betting on Brexit===
The Evening Standard reported that Odey had placed a big-stakes bet on the outcome of the Brexit referendum, which paid off handsomely – Odey made profits of £220 million – as markets went into a tailspin.
Straight after the referendum vote, Odey was quoted as saying: “I feel fantastic. It’s a fantastic decision by the electorate.”Business focus: The billionaire hedge fund winners who braved the Brexit rollercoaster, Evening Standard, 29 June 2016 “There’s that Italian expression,” he told the BBC. “‘Al mattino ha l’oro in bocca’ – the morning has gold in its mouth – and never has one felt so much that idea as this morning really.” 
However, in January 2017, it was reported that Odey had 'slumped to his biggest ever losses'. His fund lost nearly 50% of its value in 2016 'as his ultra-pessimistic bets on the UK economy turned sour', wrote the Independent.Brexit-backing hedge fund billionaire Crispin Odey suffers record losses as UK stock market surges to all-time high, Independent, 6 Jan 2017
==Business interests==
Odey is founder of hedge fund Odey Asset Management.
In 2008, as markets crashed, Odey made millions short-selling bank stocks.
Odey's company Odey Asset Management previously owns 12% of Circle Holdings, owner of private hospital company Circle Health. Sean Farrell Circle says it’s driven by its patients – but it’s been looking rather sick itself Guardian, 9 January 2015, accessed 7 May 2015.
==Affiliations==
*Kwasi Kwarteng worked as an analyst for Odey Asset Management.
*Odey was briefly married to Rupert Murdoch’s daughter Prudence.
==Political Donations==
Recorded by the Electoral Commission: Electoral Commission, Search: 'Odey', accessed 7 May 2015 
Note: The Conservative Party MP for North East Somerset is Jacob Rees-Mogg; Richmond Park is Zac Goldsmith and Hereford and South Herefordshire is Jesse Norman.
Date
Name of donor
Amount
Donated to
Subsidiary (parties only)
04/05/2017
Robin C Odey
£5,000.00
Conservative Party
North East Somerset
02/05/2017
Robin C Odey
£50,000.00
Conservative Party
Central Party
30/06/2016
Crispin Odey
£217,192.00
Global Britain Ltd
21/06/2016
Crispin Odey
£122,800.00
Democracy Movement
20/06/2016
Crispin Odey
£300,000.00
Democracy Movement
23/04/2015
Robin C Odey
£6,000.00
UKIP
West Gloucs & Forest of Dean
11/03/2015
Robin C Odey
£6,000.00
Conservative Party
North East Somerset
06/03/2015
Robin C Odey
£8,000.00
Conservative Party
Richmond Park
02/10/2014
Robin C Odey
£10,000.00
Conservative Party
Hereford and South Herefordshire
17/06/2014
Robin Odey
£12,000.00
UK Independence Party (UKIP)
Central Party
23/04/2014
Robin Odey
£10,000.00
UK Independence Party (UKIP)
Central Party
08/10/2013
Robin C Odey
£9,000.00
Conservative Party
North East Somerset
06/04/2011
Odey Asset Management Group Limited
£20,000.00
No Campaign Limited
03/03/2011
Odey Asset Management Group Limited
£20,000.00
Conservative Party
Central Party
26/01/2011
Robin C Odey
£50,000.00
Conservative Party
Central Party
19/07/2010
Robin C Odey	
£6,000.00
Conservative Party
Orpington
11/05/2010
Robin C Odey
£2,000.00
Conservative Party
Mid Sussex
26/04/2010
R C W Odey
£4,000.00
UK Independence Party (UKIP)
Central Party
14/04/2010
Robin C Odey
£2,000.00
Conservative Party
North East Somerset
09/02/2010
Robin C Odey
£5,000.00
Conservative Party
Forest of Dean
30/06/2009
Robin C Odey
£5,000.00
Conservative Party
Hereford
23/06/2009
Robin C Odey
£10,000.00
Conservative Party
Central Party
12/06/2009
Robin Crispin William Odey
£15,000.00
Christian Party "Proclaiming Christ's Lordship" [De-registered 26/07/12]
28/05/2009
Crispin Odey
£3,000.00
Pro Democracy: Libertas.eu [De-registered 02/11/10]
16/05/2009
Crispin Odey
£5,347.00
Pro Democracy: Libertas.eu [De-registered 02/11/10]
16/05/2009
Crispin Odey
£1,617.00
Pro Democracy: Libertas.eu [De-registered 02/11/10]
15/04/2009
Robin Crispin William Odey
£10,000.00
Christian Party "Proclaiming Christ's Lordship" [De-registered 26/07/12]
25/03/2009
R C W Odey
£100,000.00
Conservative Party
Central Party
13/02/2009
Robin C Odey
£9,000.00
Conservative Party
Central Party
07/07/2008
Robin C Odey
£30,000.00
Conservative Party
Central Party
03/12/2007
Robin C Odey
£3,000.00
Conservative Party
Gloucester
Search, Electoral Commission, accessed Nov 2017
==Notes==
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