Bruno Schroder

He died on 20 February 2019, aged 86, "after a short illness".

In August 2018, Schroder's net worth was estimated at $6.2 billion.

Schroder was one of a number of wealthy individuals who cashed a cheque for 97 pence sent to them by Bizarre magazine in 2001.

Schroder's first marriage was in 1969, to Piffa. The couple have a daughter, Leonie Schroder. Schroder and his second wife, Danish-born Baroness Suzanne von Maltzahn, divide the estate on Islay with Piffa who has her own part of the estate and is in residence when Schroder is in London. In August 2018, Schroders were considering offering his daughter Leonie Schroder his seat on the main board, which he had held since 1963, when he stepped down.

Schroder joined the commercial banking and corporate finance division of J. Henry Schroder Wagg & Co. in 1960, and was appointed a director of Schroders in 1963. Schroder was a non-executive director of Schroders and a member of the company's nominations committee. In 2017 Schroder donated £50,000 to the "Remain" campaign against Brexit as well as the campaign against Scotland leaving the UK.

Bruno Lionel Schroder (17 January 1933 – 20 February 2019) was a British banker and billionaire and a significant landowner in Scotland. He was a direct descendant of Johann Heinrich Schröder, co-founder of financial institution Schroders, and the longest serving non-executive board member of any company on the London FTSE 100. Forbes magazine estimated Schroder's family wealth at US$6.2 billion in August 2018.

He was born on 17 January 1933, and educated at Eton, University of Tours, the School of Languages Hamburg, University College, Oxford, and Harvard Business School. Schroder received an honorary doctorate from Heriot-Watt University in 2012.