In 1981 two bored but ambitious accountants started a British investment business from a spare room. Today they are billionaires.

Stephen Lansdown, one of the two founders of online investment platform and wealth manager Hargreaves Lansdown, has sold £103m of shares in the business.

Hargreaves Lansdown co-founder Stephen Lansdown has cashed in £129m of shares, according to a notification to the London Stock Exchange.