Howard Shore founded Shore Capital Group in 1985 which has grown to become one of London's leading independent investment groups specializing in principal finance, equity capital markets and alternative asset management. In 2017, he relinquished operational responsibilities as chief executive, but remains chairman. Howard's principal investment activity today is through Puma Brandenburg Holdings, a diversified holding company with interests in a spread of assets including commercial and residential real estate, with a current focus on Germany. Shore and his wife own 90% of the company. In 2015, Howard also established Brandenburg Realty Limited with institutional investors, his own family office and US-based family offices to invest in German real estate. Howard graduated from the University of Cambridge with an M.A. in economics. He is passionately interested in political economy, encouraging entrepreneurship and advocating British independence from the European Union. A prominent supporter of the UK Conservative party, he is also a former director of Tottenham Hotspur football club.