[2] He started his career in 1970 as a stock market analyst at Robert Fleming & Co., the company founded by his great-grandfather, earning £7 per week.
[2] In April 2015, The Sunday Times Rich List incorrectly estimated his family's net worth at £1.5 billion.
[2] Fleming describes himself as "just a long-term investor with firm beliefs in gold".
They live on a farm in the Cotswolds and have four children, Hector, Nell, Angus and Dickon.
[2] His son Hector Fleming is a former director of Standard Chartered's private equity team, co-founded the investment company Fleming Wulfsohn Africa, and is a director of Imara, The Johannesburg Land Company, Clover Alloys, GoldMoney Networks and Netagio Holdings.