Roderick John Fleming

Roderick John Fleming (born 1953) is a British merchant banker and private wealth manager, and the founder of Fleming Family & Partners.

Early life Roddie Fleming is the son of Major Richard Evelyn Fleming, and grandson of Valentine Fleming. Ian Fleming, author of the James Bond novels, was his uncle.

Career A fourth-generation member of the family, he had been expected to become chairman of Robert Fleming & Co., an asset merchant bank and asset manager, in 2000, but the business was sold to Chase Manhattan Bank for £4.4 billion (then US$7.7 billion). In July 2005, The Times wrote "The £4.4bn price tag seemed full at the time. It seems even more generous now".

In 2003, his net worth was estimated at £1.05 billion. In 2008, the Sunday Times estimated his net worth at £1.9 billion.

In 2012, "hard-hit" investments in mining and finance led Fleming to put up for sale two farms bordering his Sarsgrove estate near Chipping Norton, totalling 700 acres and valued in excess of £4 million.

Personal life In 1979, Fleming married Diana Wake, daughter of Sir Hereward Wake, 14th Baronet.