How Jim Slater built his fortune

While a controversial figure, Jim Slater was beyond doubt a visionary investor. Matthew Partridge looks at how he made his millions.

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Jim Slater: a spectacularly successful share tipster

Jim Slater, who died last week aged 86, was a well-liked, if controversial, figure in the investment world. As a corporate raider in the 1960s and 1970s he grew his investment vehicle Slater Walker to be worth more than £200m, only to see his empire implode during the mid-1970s property and banking crash. He went on to rebuild his fortune (for more, see our recent profile).

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Dr Matthew Partridge
Shares editor, MoneyWeek

Matthew graduated from the University of Durham in 2004; he then gained an MSc, followed by a PhD at the London School of Economics.

He has previously written for a wide range of publications, including the Guardian and the Economist, and also helped to run a newsletter on terrorism. He has spent time at Lehman Brothers, Citigroup and the consultancy Lombard Street Research.

Matthew is the author of Superinvestors: Lessons from the greatest investors in history, published by Harriman House, which has been translated into several languages. His second book, Investing Explained: The Accessible Guide to Building an Investment Portfolio, is published by Kogan Page.

As senior writer, he writes the shares and politics & economics pages, as well as weekly Blowing It and Great Frauds in History columns He also writes a fortnightly reviews page and trading tips, as well as regular cover stories and multi-page investment focus features.

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