Jeremy Hosking

Jeremy John Hosking (born 20 July 1958), is an English businessman, who made his fortune through investment and private equity, including as a co-founder and investment portfolio manager for private investment fund Marathon Asset Management. Hosking is also well known for his extensive collection of steam locomotives, and 25% share holding in Crystal Palace F.C. Hosking was ranked number 309 in the Sunday Times Rich List in 2015, with a value of £330M.^[1]

Career

After graduation from Cambridge University in 1979, Hosking worked for G.T. Management PLC in Hong Kong and the United States. In 1986, he co-founded Marathon in London. Hosking lead investment in South East Asia, the Americas and South Africa. In late 2012, Hosking founded Hosking and Co.^[2]

Hosking has written various papers on investment and corporate governance, including "South East Asia: Eighteen Reasons to be Bearish" in August 1995.

Private investments

In December 2009, Hosking donated £30,000 for funding research support, to Conservative MP David Davis.^[3]

In March 2010, Hosking bought the West Sussex country house hotel, the Gravetye Manor, out of administration.^[4]

In August 2010, Hosking was part of a four-man consortium which bought Selhurst Park, and then residents Crystal Palace football club out of administration, via the limited company CPFC 2010.^[5]

Railways

Hosking owns a number of steam locomotives and one diesel locomotive, a number of which are operated by Locomotive Services Limited. He also founded the Royal Scot Locomotive and General Trust, to originally purchase 6100 Royal Scot, which now itself both owns a number of steam locomotives and operates workshops at Crewe. Engines currently owned by Hosking include:

Key:	Operational	Operational, heritage railway/Crewe LNWR.	Undergoing testing/Mainline Certification	Under Repair	Expired Mainline Certificate/Withdrawn from Service/Stored	Under overhaul/restoration

Class	Number (&Name)	Image	Current location	Current status
GWR 4073 Class	5029 Nunney Castle		LNWR Heritage, Crewe	Undergoing overhaul, return to traffic hoped for in mid 2016.
GWR 6959 Class	6960 Raveningham Hall[6]		West Somerset Railway	Operational, non mainline.
GWR 4200 Class	4270		Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway	Operational, non mainline. Returned to operations in 2014, hauling its first train in 54 years.
LMS Stanier Class 5MT	45231 The Sherwood Forester		Carnforth MPD	Operational, mainline certified. Purchased in November 2015 following the death of its previous owner.[7]
LNER Class A4	4464 Bittern		LNWR Heritage, Crewe	Awaiting overhaul following a year at the Mid-Hants Railway. In store at Crewe Heritage Centre awaiting overhaul.
SR West Country	34046 Braunton		LNWR Heritage, Crewe	Under overhaul following expiry of main line ticket. Light test runs between Crewe and Chester to take place on 20 April 2016 and loaded test run to follow shortly after. Will emerge disguised as scrapped sister 34052 Lord Dowding.
BR Standard Class 9F	92212		Mid-Hants Railway	Operational, non mainline. Due to a lack of a flange on the centre driving wheel, cannot be mainline certified.
BR Class 08	08780		Southall Railway Centre	Operational

References

1. The Sunday Times Rich List 2015
2. Hosking and Co
3. "David Davis". TheyWorkForYou.com. Retrieved 11 January 2011.
4. "Hosking stokes up luxury hotel purchase". The Times. 2 March 2010. Retrieved 11 January 2011.
5. "Long live Crystal Palace", Daniel Jones, This is Croydon Today
6. "Projects". The Flour Mill. Retrieved 11 January 2011.
7. "The Sherwood Forester". Icons of Steam. Retrieved 6 November 2015.