Robert Bernard Waley-Cohen DL (born 10 November 1948 in Westminster, London) is an English entrepreneur.
He has two sisters, Rosalind, who is married to the former New Zealand politician Philip Burdon and Joanna a professor at New York University.
His nephew, Jack, is the question editor for BBC quiz Only Connect and founder of What3words.
[8] He has founded multiple companies including a founding shareholder and director of Portman Healthcare, a dental business, founder and CEO of Alliance Medical and later founder and CEO of Alliance Imaging Inc in California.
[10] He has experienced multiple successes of big race victories including the 2011 Cheltenham Gold Cup with Long Run, and the 2022 Grand National with Noble Yeats ridden by his son, Sam Waley-Cohen.