Christian Owens
| Christian Owens | |
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| Born | June 8, 1994 Corby, Northamptonshire, United Kingdom |
| Nationality | English |
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Christian Owens (born 8 June 1994) is an English Internet entrepreneur and founder of the Internet advertising network Branchr.[1] In June 2010, at the age of 15, he was honored by The Daily Mail as Enterprising Young Brit of the Year, given to teen tycoons in recognition of their entrepreneurship in the United Kingdom.[2]
[edit] Personal background
Owens attended Brooke Weston until age 16.[citation needed]
[edit] Career
Owens started his first business, Mac Bundle Box, at age 14. Building upon previous successful ventures from companies like MacHeist, Owens bundled various Apple Mac applications and utilities to form one package to be available for a short time at a discount. Mac Bundle Box is alleged to have taken £700,000 in revenue since launching in 2008. Some of it going to the Developers. Owens then launched his own pay-per-click internet marketing service named Branchr, along with entrepreneur Mark Bao.[citation needed]
In the summer of 2010, Owens began a new venture, VoteBundle that allowed potential customers to vote on what would be included in the bundle. The VoteBundle venture was acclaimed by the Apple community.[3] VoteBundle launched, and was the first democratic bundle of its type.[3]
[edit] References
- ^ "Christian Owens, schoolboy entrepreneur, on making his first million at 16 | Mail Online". Dailymail.co.uk. 2010-08-14. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1302771/Christian-Owens-schoolboy-entrepreneur-making-million-16.html. Retrieved 2011-12-18.
- ^ June 9, 2010 (2010-06-09). "Teen founds profitable ad network Branchr, wins young entrepreneur award". VentureBeat. http://venturebeat.com/2010/06/09/teen-founds-profitable-ad-network-branchr-wins-young-entrepreneur-award/. Retrieved 2011-12-18.
- ^ a b "VoteBundle: Mac apps meet democratic competition". Macworld. http://www.macworld.com/article/152828/2010/07/votebundle.html. Retrieved 2011-12-18.
