About Patrick Sergeant
Lived 1924 – 2024 (aged 100). Patrick Sergeant was a businessperson.
Sir Patrick John Rushton Sergeant (17 March 1924 – 18 September 2024) was a British journalist, investor and businessman who was the founder of Euromoney Institutional Investor. Previously, he served as the City Editor of the Daily Mail from 1960 to 1984.
Early life and education Patrick Sergeant was born on 17 March 1924 in King's Down, Kent. He was the son of George Sergeant, a coal merchant, and Rene Sergeant, a converted Roman Catholic.
In 1969, with financial backing from Viscount Rothermere, Sergeant launched Euromoney.
Writing Sergeant authored several financial publications, including Money Matters (1967) and The Inflation Fighters Handbook (1976). He was married to Gillian Anne Wilks, a nurse-turned-artist from Cape Town, and they had two daughters, including Emma.
Sergeant turned 100 on 17 March 2024, He is buried on the eastern side of Highgate Cemetery.
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British investor and businessman (born 1924)
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