Peter Cruddas
Peter Cruddas, Baron Cruddas, founded CMC Markets in 1989 and grew the business rapidly, launching one of the world’s first online trading platforms in 1996. Today it is a FTSE 250 company with over £250 million in net operating income and 750 employees. Lord Cruddas was co‑treasurer of the Conservative Party from June 2011 until March 2012 and was a co-founder of the pro‑Brexit campaign group Vote Leave. In 2006, he founded the Peter Cruddas Foundation, which aims to benefit disadvantaged and disengaged young people in society.
