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Arpad Busson

Arpad ‘Arki’ Busson is a wealthy London-based hedge fund manager, founding the hedge fund EIM in 1992 which was highly successful and has offices in Geneva, Zurich, London, New York, Paris, Gibraltar, Singapore, Monaco, Amsterdam and Luxembourg. In 2008, it was announced that EIM was a victim of Bernard Madoff's ponzi scheme, with around $230million under the management of Madoff's company. Busson founded (and is Chairman of the Board of Directors on) ARK (Absolute Return for Kids), a charity which raises money for children victims of poverty, disease and abuse all over the world. Busson once wooed the late Farrah Fawcett, before fathering two children in his long-term relationship with supermodel Elle Macpherson before they split in 2005. In 2008, it was announced that Busson had become engaged to Hollywood actress Uma Thurman.

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City Spy: Busson's Ark sails through the storm

06.07.09
London's hedge fund community may have had a torrid time last year but at least its favoured charity, Arki Busson's ARK (or absolute return for kids), has shown the way in moneymaking. In the year to August 2008, its income rose from £32.7 million to £40.2 million. Furthermore, hedge fund turmoil is not expected to affect the levels of pledges. ARK acknowledges that "the level of outstanding donor pledges is considered to be one of the charity's key risks" but that all funding pledges "due for payment have been received to date." So hats off to the generous hedgies and let's hope that spirit continues.... more

Band of brothers: The rise of the man-bracelet

15.06.09
As high achievers wear their success on their wrists, Nick Foulkes probes the semiotics of man-bracelets... more

£16 million - not bad for a night under the arches

05.06.09
Gala dinner raises almost £16 million for a children's charity in the midst of the worst recession in living memory... more

Uma Thurman mourns for Kill Bill star David Carradine

05.06.09
Uma Thurman put on a brave face in London as she mourned the death of David Carradine.... more

Arki's dinner raised £25.5m for charity last year. Now, can he beat the crunch?

03.06.09
The most glittering fundraiser in London was nearly cancelled. Here, its founder Arpad Busson explains why it has to go on... more

Myerson reinstated as head of old firm

24.04.09
Activist investor Brian Myerson, who lost a court appeal earlier this month to reduce his wife's £11.2 million divorce settlement, has regained control of his poorly performing Principle Capital Management Trust investment firm... more

'Less glitzy' charity ball sticks to £10,000 tickets

04.03.09
The biggest charity fundraising event in London is to be trimmed back because of the recession - but will still have £10,000-a-seat tickets... more

Madoff's London operations to be probed by SFO

08.01.09
Scandal: The Serious Fraud Office have launched an investigation into the London operations of alleged fraudster Bernard Madoff... more

Arpad Busson tells of £230m shock

17.12.08
Financier Arpad Busson spoke of his astonishment after losing millions of dollars at the hands of alleged fraudster Bernard Madoff... more

Uma's man loses £153m in the Wall St scam

16.12.08
The fiancé of Kill Bill actress Uma Thurman has lost millions in the Bernard Madoff investment fraud.... more

How much did Madoff wife know about his $50billion swindle?

16.12.08
The wife of Bernard Madoff, the man at the centre of the $50billion Ponzi investment fraud, is coming under scrutiny from investigators... more

Hedge funds and their failings

16.12.08
THE SCALE of the fraud carried out by Bernard Madoff, affecting RBS, HSBC, several UK pension funds and well-known names such as Arki Busson and Nicola Horlick, is unprecedented - at least according to the perpetrator himself. ... more

Society

08.10.08
Poverty, health, homelessness and racial tensions abound in a city awash with money. These are the people who are trying to do something about it. ... more

Social London

08.10.08
This is the heart of the social scene, with the names that make the social circuit turn and add the glitter to the parties the capital does so well ... more

Academies 'will have 500,000 pupils in six years'

26.09.08
Nearly half a million children will be taught in privately run academies within six years, the Evening Standard can reveal... more

Academy sponsors build 'branded' school empires

10.09.08
Wealthy academy backers are building education empires by opening chains of branded schools... more

Uma Thurman sparks pregnancy rumours after ordering maternity dresses from boutique

08.09.08
Uma Thurman is rumoured to be pregnant after she ordered several maternity-sized dresses from a posh US boutique.... more

Moonlight kisses for Uma as she enjoys a topless dip with fiancé Arki

26.08.08
The blissfully-in-love couple slipped off for a moonlight swim while holidaying together in Italy, exchanging kisses as they cooled off from the hot summer night.... more

Kill Bill star Uma Thurman shows off her glowing summer tan in stunning white bikini

24.08.08
Hollywood actress Uma Thurman shows off her bronzed physique aboard a luxury yacht. The gorgeous 38-year-old sipped on rosé wine while relaxing with her multi-millionaire fiancé Arpad 'Arki' Busson where they are holidaying together in Italy.... more

Uma Thurman reveals a mysterious protruding belly on a romantic cruise with fiancé Arki

14.07.08
She's known as one of Hollywood's most glamorous and statuesque stars, but Uma Thurman certainly let her guard down during a luxury cruise in Corsica.... more

Why is Uma Thurman feeling so insecure about her engagement to Arpad 'Arki' Busson?

09.07.08
Friends say Uma's insecurity stems from the breakdown of her marriage to Ethan Hawke and that her self-esteem had been 'pretty mangled' by the experience. ... more

Guests arrive two by two for Uma Thurman and Arki Busson's engagement party

02.07.08
Anyone engaged to Hollywood actress Uma Thurman would want to shout about it. So it was not surprising that Arpad 'Arki' Busson, the hedge fund tycoon and philanthropist, should decide to invite pretty much all of London's A-list celebrities to his home in Kensington to show off his fiancee. ... more

Uma Thurman gets engaged to Elle Macpherson's ex

27.06.08
Uma Thurman has announced her engagement to financier boyfriend Arpad Busson - a former partner of supermodel Elle Macpherson.... more

Why watchdog's right to pull hedges up short

16.06.08
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Credit crunch - what credit crunch? Charity dinner raises 25m in just one night

06.06.08
An astonishing charity dinner last night, at which Tony Blair was the guest speaker and Stevie Wonder gave his first major performance in London for nearly a decade, raised more than £25 million for the world's poorest children.... more

£25m raised in one Wonderful night for charity

06.06.08
Credit crunch - what credit crunch? An astonishing charity dinner last night raised more than £25 million for the world's poorest children... more

Who's in and who's out

02.06.08
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Kill Bill actress Uma Thurman locks lips with millionaire boyfriend on park bench

25.05.08
Uma Thurman showed some intimate public displays of her affection with her boyfriend Arpad Busson. ... more

Head appointed for controversial Wembley city academy

12.05.08
A headteacher has been appointed to lead a city academy due to be built next to Wembley Stadium... more

A Body blow as Elle flees the stresses of Britain and heads back to Australia

04.05.08
Supermodel Elle Macpherson has put her Notting Hill home on the market and is preparing to quit Britain for good. The 45-year-old catwalk star, below, nicknamed The Body, is to move back to her native Australia after finding the hectic pace of life in London too much of a strain... more

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  • Facts
  • In 2006, Busson was voted the 7th most wanted party guest in the UK by Tatler Magazine.
  • Busson owns a villa in the Bahamas, and lives in a £10million house in London
  • Busson grew up in Africa, before serving as a nurse in the French army
  • Busson and Uma Thurman supposedly began their romance at a dinner in Milan hosted by Gianni Versace and Tony Blair.

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