Jeremy Coller

London, UK

Founder, CIO & Chairman

Coller Capital

Biography

Jeremy Coller is Founder, CIO & Chairman of Coller Capital which he established in 1990. It is recognised as one of the world’s leading investors in private equity’s secondary market.

A private equity veteran, Jeremy was recognised by the Financial News in 2018 as one of the 50 most influential people in European private equity and he has won numerous accolades. An entrepreneur and author, his book "The Lives, Loves and Deaths of Splendidly Unreasonable Inventors" was well received. He is a frequent speaker at industry events and presented at the Milken Institute Global Conference in Beverly Hills.

Previously, Jeremy pioneered the acquisition of private equity secondaries at ICI Pension Plan and was Head of Research at Fidelity International Investment Management.

Jeremy’s extensive philanthropic work is run by the Jeremy Coller Foundation and includes Farm Animal Investment Risk & Return, FAIRR, which is a collaborative investor network raising awareness of intensive livestock production. Jeremy is also Founder of the Coller School of Management at Tel Aviv University which aims to become a global hub for excellence in multi-disciplinary research, management & entrepreneurship.

Educated at Carmel College and the Sorbonne, Jeremy has a BSc (Hons) in Management Sciences from the University of Manchester and an MA in Philosophy from the University of Sussex.

Jeremy Coller’s Newsfeed

Global Food Investors Want To Have It Their Way, So They Told Restaurants To Make Supply Chains Sust

Jeremy Coller, Founder of FAIRR and Chief Investment Officer of Coller Capital, noted that “the inconvenient truth of convenience food is that the environmental impacts of the sector’s meat and dairy products have hit unsustainable levels"...

Forbes

Fast Food Giants Need To Face Up To Climate And Water Risks, Investors Warn

“Every day around 84 million adults consume fast food in the US alone, but the inconvenient truth of convenience food is that the environmental impacts of the sector’s meat and dairy products have hit unsustainable levels,” said Jeremy Coller, Founder of FAIRR and Chief Investment Officer of Coller Capital. “To put this in perspective, if cows were a country, it would be the world’s third largest emitter of greenhouse gases."

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Jeremy Coller’s Background

Coller Capital

Founder, CIO & Chairman

1990 - Present

London, UK

Coller Capital is one of the world's leading investors in private equity's secondary market and acknowledged as an innovator. Coller Capital provide liquidity solutions to global private equity investors.

ICI Pension Fund

Director

1985 - 1990

London, UK

Imperial Chemical Industries was a British chemical company and one of the largest manufacturers in Britain. Jeremy pioneered the acquisition of private equity secondaries in their pension plan.

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Other Business Interests

Book : The Lives, Loves and Deaths of Splendidly Unreasonable Inventors

Author

The Lives, Loves & Deaths of Splendidly Unreasonable Inventors is an analysis of 20 inventors who changed the world. Jeremy Coller argues that there are basic personality types; Principal, Broker and Consultant.

FAIRR

Founder

2016 - Present

London, UK

Established by the Jeremy Coller Foundation, the Farm Animal Investment Risk & Return, FAIRR, initiative is a collaborative investor network that raises awareness of the material ESG risks and opportunities caused by intensive livestock production.