Brian Myerson
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Last Updated: 22 Sep 2026
Co-Founder & Chief Executive
London, GB
Profile Verified by The Marque
Last Updated: 22 Sep 2026
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In Their Own Right
Biography
Brian Myerson is a hedge fund pioneer and founder of Principle Capital Group. He entered the UK market with an activist investment strategy in 1989 and co-founded the Active Value group in 1992. Over the following two decades, he realised investments worth over US$1.2bn and clients included some of the world’s largest family offices, institutional investors and sovereign wealth and pension funds.
Principle Capital Group was founded in 2004 and under his leadership, the group has acquired and sold many investments in the public and private markets across many different sectors.
Brian has strong ties to his home country of South Africa and the African continent, where he has made several investments, worth over US$800m, since 2003. These include investment into Earthchild Clothing, a leading South African childrenswear brand , subsequently sold to Truworths; leading a consortium of investors, including a division of Old Mutual, in fintech platform Connect and its subsequent sale to NASDAQ listed Lesaka Technologies for $264m; PME, a $180m African Infrastructure Fund cornerstoned by the Qatar Investment Authority; and the acquisition of a controlling stake in the leading African railway services solutions provider Traxtion in partnership with the $600m Pan African Infrastructure Development Fund.
In 2021, Brian co-founded, in conjunction with Enertrag and the Namibian government, Hyphen Hydrogen Energy, which is pioneering the production of green hydrogen in Africa and most recently he has invested into CloudBase Technologies and co-founded Praetorian, businesses focused on sovereign cloud optimisation and technical security services.
He is Chair of Traxtion and has served as Chair or on the Board of nine listed companies, including Sirius Real Estate, PME African Infrastructure Opportunities, Liberty, MWB Group, Greycoat and Sage Life.
The Record
Background
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2004 — Present
Co-Founder & Chief Executive
Principle Capital Group
The Principle Capital Group is a private investment firm with interests in Europe and Southern Africa. In addition to its investment interests, it also provides fiduciary and administrative services globally.
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1992 — 2004
Co-Founder & Joint CEO
Active Value
Active Value was a private investment fund that Brian Myerson co-founded to pursue an activist investment strategy focused on undervalued and distressed opportunities. It invested in many household names such as Aquascutum, Heal’s, Hogg Robinson, Kenwood, Pilkington, Scholl, SG Warburg, Signet and WPP.
In The News
Newsfeed
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4 June 2026 · Business Report
Traxtion secures R1.5bn investment to accelerate rail expansion across Southern Africa
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Formative Years
Education
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University of the Witwatersrand
Bachelor of Commerce
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University of the Witwatersrand
LLB
Areas Of Focus