Michael Hintze

Michael Hintze is a wealthy hedge fund manager, who is possibly better known for funding various conservative and right-wing causes.

"Founded the London-based hedge fund CQS in 1999, having previously worked with Salomon Brothers, Credit Suisse First Boston and Goldman Sachs. A founder of the Hintze Family Charitable Foundation he is a Trustee of the Institute of Economic Affairs and the Prince of Wales's Foundation for the Built Environment."

He is a funder of the Global Warming Policy Foundation, and was also mired in the 2012 Cash For Cameron scandal, having eaten at Number Ten Downing Street with Prime Minister David Cameron in return for £250 000. Hintze was also a financial backer of disgraced cabinet minister Liam Fox

Hintze is listed as a donor to Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin

Affiliations

 * National Gallery of Great Britain – Trustee
 * CQS – chief executive of the hedge fund
 * Atlantic Bridge – provided more than half of its funding
 * Oliver Hylton is a senior aide to Mr Hintze.
 * Philip Hammond, the Oct. 2011 UK Defence Secretary, received funding from Hintze

Resources and articles

 * Mirror Top Tory donor Michael Hintze company earns £125million but only pays £77,000 tax in Britain 24th June 2012

Related Sourcewatch articles

 * Global Warming Policy Foundation
 * Atlantic Bridge