Andrew Currie
$5.9B
Born
Dec 04, 1955
Age
70
Source of Wealth
Chemicals
Residence
London ,
Citizenship
United Kingdom
Marital Status
Children
0
Education
Bachelor of Arts/Science, Cambridge University
- Andrew Currie has been a director at $68 billion (2022 revenue) chemicals giant Ineos since 1999, a year after the company was founded by fellow billionaire James Ratcliffe.
- The Cambridge University natural sciences grad started his career at BP Chemicals, spending 15 years in technical and managerial roles.
- He later became a director at Inspec Group, the former parent company of Ineos, until it was acquired by another chemical company in 1998.
- It's become one of the U.K. shale sector's largest players. Its 600-foot "Dragon Ships" were the first to transport U.S. shale gas into Europe.
- Ineos acquired two chemicals businesses from BP in 2021 for $5 billion. It formed petrochemical JVs with Sinopec worth more than $7 billion in 2022.
- In 2023, Ineos acquired $1.4 billion of U.S. onshore oil and gas assets from Chesapeake Energy. Currie derives his fortune from his minority stake in Ineos.
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