Michael Hintze

2023:: "Lord Hintze has been one of the key funders of the Global Warming Policy Foundation, a UK-based thinktank that has denied the legitimacy of climate science, and he was one of its earliest backers." A star in London's hedge fund world, he saw his fortune soar last year. Trained as an engineer, he served in the Australian army and started his Convertible & Quantitative Strategies (CQS) hedge fund in London in 1999 after stints at Goldman Sachs and Credit Suisse First Boston. Now a well-known philanthropist, he's given millions to the University of Sydney and is also one of the biggest donors to the U.K.'s Conservative party. Collects rural properties in Australia. Funds restoration of Michelangelo's frescoes at Vatican's Pauline Chapel.