The most generous man in Britain this year does not want to talk about his philanthropy. Sir Paul Marshall, the hedge fund boss who was knighted in 2016 for his charity work, takes the top spot in The Sunday Times Giving List.
Worth an estimated £875 million, Marshall is a founder trustee of the Ark children’s charity and chairman of its academy chain. He has donated £145.1 million in the past 12 months — about £2.8 million a week — including a seven-figure sum to Holy Trinity Brompton, his local church in Knightsbridge and home of the “Alpha courses” for born-again Christians that are popular with celebrities such as Bear Grylls and Geri Halliwell. He also gave a sizeable donation to Tiny Tickers, a charity
