Tom Hadfield

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Tom Hadfield
Born 1982
Flag of United Kingdom 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.

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  1. ^ a b Chu, Jeff. "This Boy's Life", Time, 2001-03-28. Retrieved on 2007-01-03.

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