Henry Engelhardt

Henry Allan Engelhardt (born January 17, 1958) is an American businessman, and the founder and former chief executive of Admiral Group, a Welsh motor insurance company. He was credited as driving the company in to a position where it became one of Britain's most valuable companies and stepped down as chief executive in 2016 to make way for a younger management team to take the group forward.^[1]

Engelhardt was born to a Jewish family on January 17, 1958, in Chicago,^[2] the son of Annette (née Bernstein) and Sheldon Arthur Engelhardt.^[3] His father owned a successful meatpacking operation in Chicago.^[3] He has a sister and a brother, Karen Engelhardt Stern and Joel Engelhardt.^[3] He attended Evanston Township High School,^[2] and was educated at the University of Michigan, and has a joint degree in journalism and radio, television and film.^[4] He followed his French girlfriend (now wife) to Europe where he studied for an MBA at Insead.^[4]

Engelhardt became part of the founding team at Churchill Insurance, where he developed his way of doing business.^[5]

In 1993, he launched Admiral Group.^[6] In 1999, he led a management buy out of the business^[6] which has since become a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index.^[7]

In September 2012, the Engelhardt family owned more than 14% of Admiral Group.^[8]

In March 2017, he became CEO of Elephant Insurance Services, a US subsidiary of Admiral Group.^[9]

In 2021 Engelhardt was made an independent non-executive director of the Welsh Rugby Union.^[10]

Engelhardt is married to Diane Briere de L'isle; they have four children.^[3] The family lives in Cardiff, Wales.^[11]