Joshua Browder
Joshua Browder | |
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| File:Joshuabrowder.jpg Browder appearing on This Morning on Tuesday 5 January 2016 | |
| Born | Joshua Browder 17 December 1996 |
| Nationality | British, US |
| Education | Stanford University, University College School |
| Employer | DoNotPay |
| Title | Founder |
| Relatives | Earl Browder, great-grandfather Melanie Browder, mother Felix Browder, grandfather |
Joshua Browder is a British entrepreneur and public figure. He is the founder of DoNotPay, the first website that allows motorists to appeal their parking tickets automatically.[1][2]
DoNotPay
Browder grew up in Hampstead, London. At the age of 18, the legal driving age in the United Kingdom, he began to receive a large number of parking tickets. Noticing that these tickets were issued unfairly, and the "formulaic nature" that they could be appealed, Browder created DoNotPay. Since its launch, the site has attracted an over 131,000 users and saved UK motorists an estimated £2 million ($3 million).[3]
According to Forbes, Browder programmed the entirety of the website between the hours of 12am and 3am.[4] He taught himself to code at age 12.[5]
On 12 January 2015 it was announced that Browder created the UK's first 'robot lawyer'. He ultimately hopes to replace "25,000 exploitative lawyers" with robots which can respond to questions with human emotions powered by artificial intelligence.[6]
Awards and recognition
- 2015 Huffington Post Entrepreneur Of The Week[7]
- 2015 Times of London 15 Smartest Kids On The Planet
- UNESCO European Youth Award Finalist
External links
References
- ^ "Meet the teen taking on the parking ticket". BBC. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
- ^ "The 18-year-old student who has saved British drivers £2MILLION in just four months: Teenager sets up free appeals website in his bedroom which has overturned 30,000 parking fines already". Daily Mail. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
- ^ "Teenager's parking appeals website saves motorists £2m after overturning thousands of fines". The Independent Newspaper. Retrieved 11 January 2016.
- ^ "Why 'Larking' About Like Branson Could Be The Key To Business Success". Forbes. Retrieved 11 January 2016.
- ^ "British Teenager Saves Motorists 2 Million". Business Insider. Retrieved 11 January 2016.
- ^ "Teenager Launches First Lawyer Robot". Daily Mail. Retrieved 13 January 2016.
- ^ "Young Entrepreneur Of The Week". Huffington Post. Retrieved 11 January 2016.