Ben Woldring
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| Ben Woldring | |
 Ben Woldring at a younger age.
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| Born | February 6, 1985 Groningen |
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| Occupation | internet entrepreneur |
Ben Woldring (born February 6, 1985 in Groningen[1] ) is a Dutch internet entrepreneur and millionaire from Usquert who first rose to fame in the fall of 1998 when, for a school assignment, he made a website where consumers could compare prices for mobile phone services. As a result, he appeared on television programmes like Kassa and the Jeugdjournaal. In 1999, the website Bellen.com registered its 100,000th visitor; a year later, Woldring started the company Bencom B.V. and hired his mother as an employee.[1] In 2003, he won Ernst & Young's Entrepreneur of the Year Award[1] and on November 14, 2006 he was named the best European Entrepreneur under 25 by Business Week.[2] He is also an ambassador for the Beatrix Kinderkliniek in Groningen and the Stichting voor het Gehandicapte Kind.[1] As of February 2007, he owns 8 price comparison websites.
Woldring also wrote an autobiography, Ik Ben Internet-ondernemer!, published in 2000, in which he describes his life, explains his work and also gives advice.[3]
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d de Bie, Eric. "Respect dwing je af als mensen zien dat je lef hebt", Brabants Dagblad, 2006-07-08. Retrieved on 2006-02-28. (Dutch)
- ^ Reinhardt, Andy (November 14, 2006). Europe's Best Young Entrepreneurs. Business Week. Retrieved on 2007-02-28.
- ^ Hooghiemstra, Daniela. "E-wonder te Usquert", NRC Handelsblad, January 20, 2001. Retrieved on 2007-02-28. (Dutch)
