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Nick Leeson

1967 - Today

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Nicholas William Leeson (born 25 February 1967) is an English former derivatives trader whose fraudulent, unauthorised and speculative trades resulted in the 1995 collapse of Barings Bank, the United Kingdom's oldest existing merchant bank. He was convicted of financial crime in a Singapore court and served more than four years in Changi Prison. Between 2005 and 2011, Leeson had senior management roles at League of Ireland football club Galway United. After it suffered financial difficulties, he resigned from his position as chief executive officer. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Nick Leeson is the 17,817th most popular politician (down from 17,664th in 2024), the 6,042nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 5,979th in 2019) and the 664th most popular British Politician.

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Among politicians, Nick Leeson ranks 17,817 out of 19,576. Before him are Deb Haaland, Trinidad Jiménez, Andrej Danko, Gordan Jandroković, Päivi Räsänen, and Volker Beck. After him are Eva-Maria Liimets, John G. Carlisle, Pat Roberts, Emilia Eberle, Harry Hines Woodring, and Dilan Yeşilgöz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1967, Nick Leeson ranks 507. Before him are Paul Accola, Yoshiro Moriyama, Adam Taubitz, Yasuhiro Nightow, Yuzo Koshiro, and Gordan Jandroković. After him are Gene Hoglan, Felicia Țilea-Moldovan, Lorenzo Minotti, Kerri Green, Max Sciandri, and Kurt Elling.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Nick Leeson ranks 6,038 out of 8,785. After him are Pat Fry (1964), Bradley James (1983), Richard van der Riet Woolley (1906), Allan Wells (1952), Mike Gascoyne (1963), Brian Moore (1921), Simon Singh (1964), Paddy McNair (1995), Mike Coughlan (1959), David Barron (1954), Stuart Bingham (1976), and Emily Bergl (1975).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Nick Leeson ranks 664. Before him are Richard Seddon (1845), Henry Sewell (1807), John Bercow (1963), Selwyn Lloyd (1904), Shirley Williams (1930), and Kemi Badenoch (1980). After him are John Hamilton-Gordon, 1st Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair (1847), Abraham Beame (1906), Dennis Skinner (1932), Owen Smith (1970), Nellie Sengupta (1886), and Michael Fallon (1952).

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