Anthony Bolton has been the darling of City fund management for almost three decades. So admired is Fidelity’s star manager that in 2004 the business journalist Jonathan Davis wrote a book about him, entitled Anthony Bolton: The Anatomy of a Stock Market Phenomenon.
The biography - which includes gushing chapters entitled Second To None, An Orderly Mind and Devoted to Detail – came about because the tales of Mr Bolton’s acuity had become City legend.
He bought shares in Nokia, the Finnish timber and phone firm, before it became a telecommunications phenomenon.
His nickname, the Quiet Assassin, was earned when he led the campaign to prevent Michael Green becoming chairman of the newly-merged media group ITV.
Mr Bolton, 58, sees potential where others see