Stephen Philip Lansdown CBE (born 30 August 1952) is an English-born Guernsey billionaire.
[4] In April 2009, he sold a stake of 4.7% in Hargreaves Lansdown for a sum of £47.2million, which he put towards the cost of building Bristol City's new football stadium.
[5] According to Hargeaves Lansdown's notifiable director deals, on 7 October 2010 he sold (at 429.00p) 13,560,843.00 shares at a value of £58,176,016.47.
[12][13] In December 2024, Bristol Bears Women, also owned by Lansdown as part of Bristol Bears, signed Ilona Maher, the most followed rugby union player on social media in the history of the sport on an initial 3-month deal.
[14] Lansdown was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2017 Birthday Honours for services to business and the community in Bristol.