[2] He is the son of professor H. David Ritchie, a leading surgeon in the 1980s at the Royal London Hospital and Dean of the Medical College, and his wife Jennifer Prentice, a State School teacher.
Ritchie through his Residential Land Group of 163 companies owns around 1,200 privately rented properties in prime central London and Mayfair.
[9] In July 2017, Ritchie was ranked 28th in Property Week’s annual Power 100 list, having been described as a ‘consummate dealmaker’.
[10] Ritchie was one of the co-chairmen of the Presidents Club charitable trust,[11] which disbanded in 2018 after reports of sexual harassment and assault at its charity dinner.
Bruce was part of the committee that helped launch the first-ever Midsummer Party in July 2019, which raised $6m.