Tom Hadfield
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Tom Hadfield | |
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Born | 1982 Wakefield, England |
Occupation | Entrepreneur |
Tom Hadfield (born 1982 in Wakefield, England) created Soccernet, a sports Internet company that was sold to ESPN for $40 million when he was 17 years old. [1] In 2001, Tom and his father raised $9 million from venture capitalists to start an online education company, Schoolsnet.com. [1]
In February 2002, Tom was named a 'Global Leader of Tomorrow' by the World Economic Forum in Davos. He is also a Patron of the UK National Youth Agency, and was a youth advisor to the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts in the UK. He is currently attending Harvard College.
In July 2006, Hadfield was selected as a Goldman Sachs Global Leader, and attended the Global Leaders Institute in New York.
[edit] References
- ^ a b Chu, Jeff. "This Boy's Life", Time, 2001-03-28. Retrieved on 2007-01-03.