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Ben Way
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Ben Way
Born (1980-09-28) 28 September 1980 (age 43)
England Exeter, Devon, England
OccupationEntrepreneur

Ben Way (born 28 September 1980, Exeter, Devon, England) was one of the first dot com millionaires after developing a search technology called Waysearch which later became a business-to-business product called Pulsar. He was reportedly worth £18.3m in the 2001 Sunday Times Rich List. He started his first business in 1995 on his 15th birthday making him at that time the youngest company director in the UK. ==Life and career== He won "New Business Millennium Young Entrepreneur Of The Year"[1] in 2000 which was given to him by Gordon Brown. However, after a dispute with the investors in 2001 he was diluted out of the business and lost everything. It is reported that he was in the Sunday Times Rich List under Robbie Williams the same day he could not buy a tube ticket. [2] He went on to advise both the UK and US governments in technology, before heading up technical and environmental investments and due-diligence for the Rotch Property Group who have over £1 Billion in asset management.[3] In 2003 he started The Rainmakers, which is an innovations and corporate venturing company. He also has involvement in a number of other companies.[4] In 2006, he appeared on the Channel 4 TV show Secret Millionaire where he gave away £40,000 in a philanthropic act after spending two weeks in Hackney as a volunteer. £20,000 was given to a youth organization, £10,000 to a young entrepreneur, and another £10,000 as a thank you to one key member of the Hackney community. Launched in 2007 the social website HorsesMouth which made it into the top 25 UK web 2.0 start ups.[5][6] In early 2007 he was invited to join Brightstation Ventures[7] a $100m technology VC fund as the CIO (Chief Innovations Officer) where he has worked with projects such as miomi and Shiny Media[8]. In September 2007 he launched the world first POIP service, ViaPost[9] which allows printing of documents over the internet which are then sent by Royal Mail He started the worlds first robotic defense company[10] in 2008, as well as launching London's first green plumbing company[11]. ==Publications== * Telegraph Business Blogger[12] * How to be a Teenage Millionaire][13] * City AM Columnist 2005-2006[14] ==Supported Charities and Organisations== * Social Firms (Patron)[15] * Edge (Advisor)[16] * Anne Frank (Judge)[17] * Edge Ice (Judge)[18] * Make Your Mark (Judge)[19] * Unlimited (Judge)[20] * Pedro Club (Significant Donation)[21] * Nesta (Advisor)[22] ==Awards and Achievements==

Ben Way winning young entrepreneur of the year from Gordon Brown.

* New Business Millennium Young Entrepreneur Of The Year[23] * Young Gun 2007[24] ==Television, film, and print== He has been in a number of documentaries including Britons Richest Kids(1997, Channel 4) and the Secret Millionaire and the Secret Millionaire changed my life[25] follow up program, 3 Minute Wonder on Robotics[26] was also a Telegraph blogger[27] and wrote a chapter in How To Be A Teenage Millionaire[28] ==Politics== In 2006 he stood as a Liberal Democrat candidate in Bayswater Ward in the City of Westminster.[29] ==References==

  1. ^ http://42degrees.bankofscotland.co.uk/issue-10/turning-points-1.html
  2. ^ http://www.execdigital.co.uk/Ben-Way-on-incubation--acceleration-and-the-value-of-failure_5547.aspx
  3. ^ http://www.thestandard.com.hk/archive_news_detail.asp?pp_cat=&art_id=14307&sid=&con_type=1&archive_d_str=20010122
  4. ^ http://www.makingrain.com
  5. ^ http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/03/16/the_top_25_uk_web_startups/
  6. ^ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/2007/04/19/cnbpub19.xml
  7. ^ http://www.brightstation.co.uk/bsv/ben.html
  8. ^ http://www.shinymedia.com/
  9. ^ http://www.viapost.com
  10. ^ http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/09/17/robot_defence_weaponry_caper/
  11. ^ http://www.gogreenplumbing.co.uk
  12. ^ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/exclusions/ybwaysworld/nosplit/ybwaysworld.xml
  13. ^ http://www.whsmith.co.uk/WHS/Go.asp?isbn=0141323167&DB=220&Menu=Books
  14. ^ http://www.cityam.com/
  15. ^ http://www.socialfirms.co.uk/news/index.php/Item358.html
  16. ^ http://www.edge.co.uk/docs/loves/loves/?id=75:0:0
  17. ^ http://www.annefrankawards.org.uk/index.php?categoryid=15
  18. ^ http://www.iceedge.co.uk/docs/judges.php#5
  19. ^ http://www.makeyourmark.org.uk/get_involved/grand_idea
  20. ^ http://www.unltd.org.uk/template.php?ID=1&PageName=whatareunltdawards
  21. ^ http://observer.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,1951867,00.html
  22. ^ http://www.nesta.org.uk/programmes/future_innovators/news/launch/index.aspx
  23. ^ http://www.guardian.co.uk/money/2006/feb/11/careers.work4
  24. ^ http://www.ukprwire.com/Detailed/Business/Young_Guns_are_the_future_of_social_innovation_10495.shtml
  25. ^ http://www.channel4.com/culture/microsites/S/secret_millionaire/millionaires/changed-programme.html
  26. ^ http://www.channel4.com/entertainment/tv/microsites/G/generationnext/documentaries/3minutewonders/
  27. ^ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/exclusions/ybwaysworld/nosplit/ybwaysworld.xml
  28. ^ http://www.amazon.co.uk/How-Teenage-Millionaire-Judi-James/dp/0141323167
  29. ^ http://www3.westminster.gov.uk/docstores/publications_store/elections/localelections2006/Bayswater.pdf

* Jardine, Cassandra . "One day, we'll take over the world...". The Telegraph - Syndicated version here, 14 January 2007,[1]. *"International Who's WHO of Entrepreneurs". Who's Who Historical Society, Section 1 - p165 *"Way out front". Ambition magazine, 16 October 2008, p56-57, [2] == External links == *Hackney Post piece on the return of Ben Way *FT comment *Telegraph piece on Go Green Plumbing *Financial Times Comment On Commercial Mortgages *Financial Times about ViaPost *Entrepreneur Ben Way on a meeting of minds with telecoms boss Chris Moss *THE SECRET MILLIONAIRE: Channel 4 *One day, we'll take over the world... *Trials of a whiz-kid on Murder Mile *It pays to be the nice guy *Stay heads above with Green Plumbers *Liz Taylor adored it. Now a reality show is rescuing the Pedro Club *After wife swapping and celebrity sex, new reality TV phenomenon is ... philanthropy *BBC Midweek *No teenage kicks *Telegraph article on Dyslexia *The Guardian Article *The Telegraph article *Observer piece on Secret Millionaire *Sunday Times Biog Piece *Channel 4 News Piece *Spectator Article *Ben Way commenting on the innovation environment in the UK *An education in the life of Ben Way, internet millionaire *Viapost service to challenge postal operators *The Rainmakers Ben Way's Main Company *Ben Way on incubation acceleration and the value of failure

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