Ben Way

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Ben Way

Ben Way with Prime Minister Gordon Brown
Born September 28, 1980 (1980-09-28) (age 27)
Flag of England Exeter, Devon, England
Occupation Entrepreneur
Net worth ▲ £4 million (US$8 million)
Spouse None

Ben Way (born 28th of 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.

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[edit] Life and career

He won "New Business Millennium Young Entrepreneur Of The Year" 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.

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.

In 2003 he started [1] The Rainmakers, which is an innovations and corporate venturing company. He also has involvement in a number of other companies.

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 organisation, £10,000 to a young entrepreneur, and another £10,000 as a thank you to one key member of the Hackney community.

Has been quoted as describing the Semantic Web as "the most powerful development of information management since the creation of the database"

Launched in 2007 the social website HorsesMouth which made it into the top 25 UK web 2.0 start ups more about the project here.

In early 2007 he was invited to join Brightstation Ventures an $100m technology VC fund as the CIO (Chief Innovations Officer) where he has worked with projects such as miomi and Shiny Media.

In September 2007 he launched the world first POIP service, ViaPost which allows printing of documents over the internet which are then sent by Royal Mail

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[edit] Awards and Achievements

International Who's Who Member

New Business Millennium Young Entrepreneur Of The Year

Young Gun 2007

[edit] Television, film, and print

He has been in a number of documentaries including Britons Richest Kids(1997, Channel 4) and the Secret Millionaire. He also appeared in a reality TV show in 2001.

Productions of note:

"Strong Suit" Details Magazine USA

"His Way" front Page Business Magazine Group

"Dyslexia Rules KO" Independent on Sunday

"From rags to riches" Kilroy,BBC2

"Secret life of the Jetsetter main focus, Documentary, Fox Network, International Distribution

"The Business", Documentary, Major BBC production.

"NTBC", Documentary, ITN, International Distribution.

"The Big Breakfast", Internet Expert.

"Director Magazine", Piece on Entrepreneurs

"The Big Breakfast", Interview.

ITV, International Distribution.

"The Clever Money", One of eight Featured, Sunday Times Magazine, Four page piece.

"Interview with Trevor McDonald"

"Esther", BBC2

"GMTV", Young Entrepreneur Of The Year story.

"Sky News", Interviewed

"BBC World News", Feature

"Channel Ten News/Southern Cross Ten News", Reporter.

[edit] Politics

In 2006 he stood as a candidate in Bayswater Ward in the City of Westminster.

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