The Profile: Crispin Odey, hedge fund pioneer, Tory donor and Brexiteer

Crispin Odey, a Harrow and Oxford-educated hedge fund manager, has hurled large sums of money at numerous Brexit and eurosceptic organisations as well as the Tory party and the Christian Party: Proclaiming Christ’s Lordship. However, his investments have suffered some major blow-outs and, in March this year, he found himself in court where he was acquitted of indecently assaulting a woman in 1998

Crispin Odey: has hurled large sums of money at numerous Brexit and eurosceptic organisations as well as the Tory party and the Christian Party. Illustration: Peter Hanan

In brief:

Name: Crispin Odey

Age: 62

Appearance: Grinning, foppish, and well-upholstered

Newsworthiness: a hedge fund pioneer in Britain, Odey is also a Tory donor and Brexiteer, but he’s been walloped lately by bad bets on bonds

In depth:

The clip has become infamous. It’s Crispin Odey, the British hedge fund manager, his chubby pink face filling the screen, his grin a million miles wide, quoting an old Italian proverb, Al mattino ha l'oro in ...