Jon Hunt

Hunt was born in June 1953 in Colchester, UK into an army family. Hunt was awarded a scholarship to Millfield boarding school. He left after 'O' Levels to join the army, passing basic training for the Royal Artillery, where his father had been a colonel.

After leaving the army, and following a short spell washing cars in Ottawa, Canada, Hunt returned to the UK in 1972 and spent the next eight years working as an estate agent in Woking and Guildford, Surrey.

In 2021, the Sunday Times Rich List estimated his net worth at £1.345 billion.

Since selling Foxtons, Hunt has made significant investments into commercial and residential property in central London. These investments, along with other family property holdings, are managed by Ocubis Ltd. In December 2011 Ocubis received planning consent for a 120,000 square foot mixed use redevelopment of its building at 150 Holborn, designed by Make Architects. Ocubis also refurbished the 120,000 sq ft Fulham Green Campus next to Putney Bridge tube station in 2012 and their agents Savills, Frost Meadowcroft and Hanover Green let these offices to tenants including Emma Bridgewater, Hurtigruten, Green Fields Technology and Sweaty Betty.

In May 2013 Ocubis purchased the Grade II* listed building at No.5 St James's Square, formerly the Libyan Embassy. The Times newspaper reports that Hunt plans to refurbish the building to provide 15,000 sq ft of office space, along with 13 luxury flats currently under construction on an adjoining site. In October 2015, the parent company for Ocubis filed accounts showing that pre-tax profits in 2014 reached £3 million, up from £1.6 million the year before, with staff numbers rising to 82 from 61. The company is said to be seeking rents of £160 per sq ft for its office building at 5 St James's Square, making it among the most expensive in London.

In 2010, Hunt formed Bacchus Partners, which invests in sites suitable for residential or retail development in the South East of England. Focusing on sites between £200,000 and £1 million in value, Bacchus works with local property professionals who identify suitable investments in their local area in exchange for an equity stake in the development project.

Hunt owns a property in Kensington Palace Gardens, London, known as London's most expensive street, where he plans to house his collection of vintage cars.

Hunt is married to Lois, a former nurse, and they have four children together including Harry Hunt. In press reports he is described as having the "bearing and manner of a former military man" and being "like an ex-SAS officer", as well as "famously tight-lipped". He is a known collector of classic Ferraris.