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Sir Ronald Hugh Grierson (6 August 1921 – 23 October 2014) was a German-born British banker, businessman, government advisor, and
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officer. After service in the
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, attached to the
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and
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, during the
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, he became a lieutenant colonel in the post-war SAS. He was managing director of the
investment bank Investment is traditionally defined as the "commitment of resources into something expected to gain value over time". If an investment involves money, then it can be defined as a "commitment of money to receive more money later". From a broade ...
S.G. Warburg from 1948 to 1985, and vice-chairman of
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, an
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, from 1968 to 1996. From 1972 to 1974, he was Director-General for Industry at the
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Early life

Grierson was born Rolf Hans Griessmann in
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, Germany, on 6 August 1921, the son of Ernest Griessmann. After early schooling in Nuremberg and Paris, he was educated at
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from 1935 to 1939 and at
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Grierson, Ronald 1921 births 2014 deaths English investment bankers British business executives Special Air Service officers British Army personnel of World War II People educated at Highgate School Alumni of Balliol College, Oxford People named in the Panama Papers Naturalised citizens of the United Kingdom Black Watch officers 20th-century English businesspeople German emigrants to the United Kingdom