Ken Olisa – Restoration Partners (2006-Present), Interregnum (1993-2006),
Wednesday, 21 November 2012 Ken Olisa Founder and Chairman of Restoration Partners (2006-Present), Founder of Interregnum (1993-2006) A native of Nottingham, Ken’s technology career commenced in the 1970s at IBM having won a scholarship while an undergraduate at Cambridge. At IBM he held various posts before joining Wang Laboratories in 1981. Following a period as [...]
read moreAngus Bankes @ TELL – Five Key Moments in My Internet Journey
Angus Bankes, who in 1998 co-founded Moreover Technologies with Nick Denton and David Galbraith, is a technology entrepreneur with deep experience growing and selling tech start-ups in the UK and the USA. Key Moment 1 – In Which Angus Discovers the Internet It all started one fateful evening in 1994, at the Windsor Castle Pub [...]
read moreLord Charles March – Goodwood
Wednesday, 3 October 2012 Lord Charles March Founder Goodwood Festival of Speed, Goodwood Revival CEO Goodwood Group of Companies Charles March (Earl of March and Kinrara) is the founder of the widely acclaimed Goodwood Festival of Speed and the Goodwood Revival and Chief Executive of the Goodwood Group of Companies. He took over the management of [...]
read moreAri Zaphiriou-Zarifi – Heritable & General, Beeson Gregory Group, Kestrel Partners
Wednesday, 19 September 2012 Ari Zaphiriou-Zarifi Founder Heritable & General Investment Bank, Beeson Gregory Group, Kestrel Partners Ari has been a serial entrepreneur and an investor in high-growth businesses for nearly three decades. From 1973 to 2000, Ari was Chief Executive and then Chairman of Heritable & General Investment Bank. Heritable was started as a shell [...]
read moreSir Thomas Blane Hunter – Sports Division
Wednesday, 06 June 2012 Sir Thomas Blane Hunter Founder Sports Division Sir Tom Hunter is a seasoned entrepreneur and philanthropist. Tom made his first fortune when he sold the sports retail chain he founded, Sports Division for £ 290m in 1998. He founded private equity vehicle, West Coast Capital (“WCC”) in 2001 and his [...]
read moreDinesh Dhamija – Ebookers.com
Wednesday, 16 May 2012 Dinesh Dhamija Founder ebookers.com In 1980 Dinesh Dhamija founded the business that was to become ebookers.com, a leading pan-European online travel agency. Dinesh built the company through considerable economic uncertainty, including the dotcom bust of 2001, September 11 and the first Iraq war. In 2005, following listings on the NASDAQ, NEUER [...]
read moreErrol Damelin – Wonga
Wednesday, 02 May 2012 Errol Damelin Founder Wonga Errol, 42, is a global entrepreneur and seasoned executive who loves building innovative businesses with inspirational people. He was recently named Entrepreneur of the Year at the UK’s Growing Business Awards, The Guardian’s Entrepreneur of the Year, Founder of the Year at the TechCrunch Europas, Ernst & [...]
read moreKlaus Hommels – Hommels Holding
Wednesday, 18 April 2012 Klaus Hommels Founder Hommels Holding Klaus is one of the leading European business angels and is or has been involved in numerous successful internet investments including QXL/Tradus, Skype, Facebook, king.com, StarDoll, Xing and spotify. He invests in promising start-ups that have the potential to become major players in the internet space.Klaus [...]
read moreSean Glass – Higher One, Pikum, Employ Insight
Wednesday, 04 April 2012 Sean Glass Higher One, Pikum, Employ Insight Sean is an entrepreneur, investor, and believer in the power of people. He is currently a Venture Partner at Novak Biddle Venture Partners and Founder and CEO of Employ Insight. Prior to that he lived in London while working on Pikum, a social gaming [...]
read moreCharles Dunstone – The Carphone Warehouse
Wednesday, 21 March 2012 Charles Dunstone The Carphone Warehouse Brought up near Saffron Walden in Essex, Charles Dunstone attended Uppingham School. He had intended to do a business degree at Liverpool University but enjoyed his job as a computer salesman for NEC during his year off too much, and his plans to go to university [...]
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