Henry Engelhardt
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Henry Allan Engelhardt is the founder and Chief Executive of Admiral Group
Admiral Group
Admiral Group plc is a motor insurance company with its head office in Cardiff, Wales. Listed on the London Stock Exchange, it is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index.-History:...

, one of the United Kingdom
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's leading insurers.

Career

Chicago
Chicago
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-born Henry Engelhardt was educated at the University of Michigan
University of Michigan
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. He then followed his French
France
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 girlfriend (now wife) to Europe where he studied for an MBA at Insead
INSEAD
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.

Engelhardt then became part of the founding team at Churchill Insurance, where he developed his way of doing business.

In 1991 he launched Admiral Group, in 1999 he led a management buy out of the business and he has since seen it become a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index
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