Dudley Fishburn
| John Dudley Fishburn | |
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| Born |
8 June 1946 New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Education | Eton College Harvard College |
| Occupation | Businessman, politician, philanthropist, journalist |
| Known for | Leadership at Harvard University |
| Relatives | Nick Boles (brother-in-law) |
John Dudley Fishburn (born 8 June 1946) is a British businessman, journalist, and politician. He was Executive Editor of The Economist and Member of Parliament of the United Kingdom (MP) for Kensington.
Educated at Eton and Harvard College, from which he graduated in American History and Literature and was a member of the Harvard Lampoon, he has an honorary Doctorate from the Open University and the University of Reading. He is married to Victoria, daughter of Sir Jack Boles, and they have four children. Alice, the eldest, works as a journalist on the Financial Times; Honor was an assistant at Downing Street, having been David Cameron's diary secretary. His brother-in-law, Nick Boles, is a Member of Parliament. Fishburn's wife, Victoria Fishburn, has been appointed High Sheriff of Berkshire for 2016.
Fishburn is the chairman of Bluecube Technology Solutions Ltd, and Mulvaney Capital Management Ltd. He is on the board of GFI Group, the European subsidiary of a Wall Street broker, BGC. He once was a Director of Altria Inc, then one of America's ten biggest companies. He was also on the board of Philip Morris International Inc, and of HSBC Bank plc, Beazley Group plc, and Saatchi and Saatchi plc.
Fishburn has a long connection with universities on both sides of the Atlantic. He was chairman of the Trustees of the Open University Foundation. He was the first Englishman to be elected to Harvard University's governing board, the Board of Overseers and served on the Council of Reading University and as a Trustee of the Foundation for Liver Research, which is affiliated to the University of London. He chaired the Visiting Committee of the Cambridge University Library.
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