The Resume

(August 24, 1933-May 20, 2014)
Born in Palma, Majorca, Spain
Bavarian aristocrat/Merchant banker
Financial manager for the Rolling Stones (1968-2007)
Wrote the autobiography 'A Prince Among Stones' (2013)

Why he might be annoying:

When he was first approached about straightening out the Stones' finances, he had never heard of the band.
His assessments of their music included 'trite,' 'a bit of a bore' and 'dull as dishwater.'
He sent the Stones into tax exile from Britain to France.
He pioneered corporate sponsorship of rock tours when he sold advertising rights for the Stones' 1981 US tour to Jovan Musk.
He ticked off Mick Jagger by publishing his autobiography: 'Call me old-fashioned, but I don't think your ex-bank manager should be discussing your financial dealings and personal information in public.'

Why he might not be annoying:

He was married to Josephine Lowry-Corry for 56 years.
He rescued the Stones from near bankruptcy, extracted them from tangled managerial and recording contracts, and turned them into a financial juggernaut.
He said his role with the band was 'a combination of bank manager, psychiatrist and nanny.'
He twice negotiated legal deals that kept Keith Richards from going to jail for drug possession.
He said, 'I felt that precisely because I was not a fan, I was able to view the band calmly, dispassionately, maybe even clinically -- though never without affection.'

Credit: C. Fishel

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• Brothers and Sisters, I Have None
• C. Fishel's Profiles [Series 53]
• German Royalty
• I Attended Oxford
• I Died in 2014 (Ranked: 80)
• Look at Me, I'm Thirsty
• Look at Me, I'm with Keith Richards
• Look at Me, I've Been Caught with Alcohol
• Profiles 35501-35750 (Ranked: 35555)
• Rock Managers
• Vanity Fair's International Best Dressed Hall of Fame - Males (Ranked: 2001)
• We Celebrated Our Golden Anniversary

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 15 Votes: 93.33% Annoying
In 2023, Out of 113 Votes: 65.49% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 240 Votes: 58.33% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 12 Votes: 83.33% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 15 Votes: 86.67% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 164 Votes: 63.41% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 3 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 2 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 9 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 158 Votes: 61.39% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 156 Votes: 57.05% Annoying