The U.K. is in the throes of a cost-of-living crisis, with real wages declining at a record rate this year—but amid the economic turmoil, one of the country’s wealthiest people cashed in on a record payday as his hedge fund’s profits skyrocketed.
Billionaire Chris Hohn, who founded TCI Fund Management in 2003 and serves as its director, paid himself a dividend of almost $690 million this year, documents filed with the British government this week showed—the equivalent of almost $1.9 million a day.
