Bill Gross: king of the philatelists

Bill Gross, the former bond king, still occupies another throne – but he’s about to abdicate, says Chris Carter.

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First class: a $1m postage stamp
(Image credit: © Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries Inc.)

There are limits at some point to a [stamp] collector's portfolio, because, if pursued long enough, and, admittedly, with enough money, it's possible to fill in all the spaces in an album in other words, to get them all," legendary bond investor Bill Gross told CNBC. "Get them all" sounds like something a crazed teenage follower of the smartphone game Pokmon Go might say. But the co-founder of Pacific Investment Management (Pimco) knows that stamp collectors are nothing if not tenacious.

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Chris Carter
Wealth Editor, MoneyWeek

Chris Carter spent three glorious years reading English literature on the beautiful Welsh coast at Aberystwyth University. Graduating in 2005, he left for the University of York to specialise in Renaissance literature for his MA, before returning to his native Twickenham, in southwest London. He joined a Richmond-based recruitment company, where he worked with several clients, including the Queen’s bank, Coutts, as well as the super luxury, Dorchester-owned Coworth Park country house hotel, near Ascot in Berkshire.

Then, in 2011, Chris joined MoneyWeek. Initially working as part of the website production team, Chris soon rose to the lofty heights of wealth editor, overseeing MoneyWeek’s Spending It lifestyle section. Chris travels the globe in pursuit of his work, soaking up the local culture and sampling the very finest in cuisine, hotels and resorts for the magazine’s discerning readership. He also enjoys writing his fortnightly page on collectables, delving into the fascinating world of auctions and art, classic cars, coins, watches, wine and whisky investing.

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