Our sponsors

Baillie Gifford

Baillie Gifford is an independent investment partnership founded over a century ago in Edinburgh, owned and run by 58 partners who all work at the firm. The firm’s mission is to find game-changing companies (both public and private) that can sustain growth and provide returns for clients over five to ten years and sometimes longer. With around 1,700 staff and assets under management of £217bn, it has offices in Edinburgh, Amsterdam, Dublin, Frankfurt, Hong Kong, London, New York, Shanghai, Singapore, Toronto, and Zurich (at 31 December 2024). Baillie Gifford aims to have long-term relationships and has sponsored the Samuel Johnson Prize Ltd (the Baillie Gifford Prize) since 2016.

The Blavatnik Family Foundation

The Blavatnik Family Foundation supports world-renowned educational, scientific, cultural, and charitable institutions in the United States, the United Kingdom, Israel, and across the globe. Led by Sir Leonard Blavatnik, founder of Access Industries, the Foundation promotes innovation, discovery, and creativity to benefit the whole of society. Over the past decade, the Foundation has donated more than $1 billion to over 250 organizations. See more at www.blavatnikfoundation.org.

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