The Next Metals Trader Hoping to Shake Up British Politics
- George Farmer is a trader at London metals fund Red Kite
- He’s leading the U.K. chapter of a conservative campus group
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London’s metals men have often taken an interest in politics.
Nigel Farage, the former leader of the U.K. Independence party who successfully campaigned for Brexit, started his career trading on the London Metal Exchange. Conservative party treasurer Mick Davis headed up miner Xstrata Plc and one of his predecessors, Michael Farmer, runs the the multi-billion pound metals hedge fund, Red Kite.