Conrad Windham
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Conrad Windham | |
Born | November 18, 1983 Brighton, Sussex, England |
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Occupation | Entrepreneur |
Net worth | ▲ £2.5 million (US$5 million) |
Conrad Andrew Windham (born November 18, 1983) is a well known young British entrepreneur. Whilst an undergraduate at King’s College London, he was appointed as a director in the position of Chief Operations Officer of All Star Minerals plc, which floated on PLUS Markets on 13th April, 2006. He graduated with a BA from King’s College London in July 2006 and has since listed three other businesses on PLUS Markets, all of which he serves as a director of.
[edit] Business Exploits 2004 - 2006
In 2004, Windham wrote commissioned independent research reports for small listed companies on AIM and PLUS Markets, including Starvest plc, Gaming Corporation plc and Beowulf Mining plc.[1] In the summer of 2004 he commenced a relationship with the web-based share tipping company, T1ps.com Limited, writing for its free e-mail share tipping service, UK-Analyst.com.
In January 2005 Windham was profiled in Shares magazine in an article entitled “Tip For The Top”. The article focussed on his rise to becoming the UK’s youngest share tipster and successful investor. In March 2005 he became editor of the now defunct Alternative Investment Market focussed website, A1m-Analyst.com before becoming a contributing writer to Watshot.com in September 2005.[2] Windham departed company with T1ps.com Limited in January 2006.
[edit] Business Exploits 2006 -
Windham was appointed as a director of All Star Minerals plc on 14th March, 2006 in the position of Chief Operations Officer. The appointment marked a distinct change for Windham, who had previously only been known for investing and financial journalism. The company listed on PLUS Markets having raised £450,000 in a placing at 2p. All Star Minerals is a thorium, uranium and rare earth element exploration company with assets in Western Australia and Sweden.
On 13th February, 2007 Windham was appointed a director of Oracle Coalfields plc,[3] which, through its 80% owned subsidiary, is developing the 100 square km Indus East Coalfield and Block VI of the Thar Coalfield in the Sindh Province of Pakistan. Oracle Coalfields listed on PLUS Markets on 2nd August 2007.
On 12th July, 2007 Windham floated Valiant Investments plc on PLUS Markets, an investment vehicle that invests in listed and unlisted companies. On 13th July 2007 it was announced that Valiant Financial Media Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Valiant Investments plc, had acquired the financial information exchange website, finfoex.com, for an undisclosed sum. Finfoex was relaunched on 3rd September 2007 and marked a return to financial journalism for Windham.
On 31st January, 2008 Windham floated U3O8 Holdings plc on PLUS Markets, which through its wholly owned subsidiary, U3O8 Energy Ltd,[4] is exploring for uranium in Chile
Windham serves as Chief Executive Officer of both Valiant Investments plc and U3O8 Holdings plc, as Chief Operations Officer of All Star Minerals plc, and as an Executive Director of Oracle Coalfields plc. He is known for being the youngest Chief Executive Officer of a quoted company in the UK, and is understood to have several investments in private companies, as well as those of which he is a director.