| Nigel Robertson | |
|---|---|
| Born | 13 August 1962 Redhill, Surrey, England, UK |
| Occupation | Chairman of Bluestar Capital and Co-founder of ShareNow |
| Parents | Cynthia and John Robertson (grandson of Austin Reed) |
Nigel Alexander Spencer Robertson (born 13 August 1962) is a successful entrepreneur, best known as the founder of Freepages Plc (now renamed [10] Scoot).[1][2] Nigel was included in the 2005 Sunday Times Rich List[3] and Monaco's Rich List 2007.[4]
Nigel is a great grandson of Austin Reed,[5] the founder of Austin Reed Group plc, the British fashion retail chain. He attended Feltonfleet School in Cobham, Surrey and Canford School near Wimborne Minster, Dorset.
Nigel grew up in Surrey and today lives partly in Beverley Hills, Los Angeles, California and partly in Monaco.
Nigel Robertson started his career in the advertising industry in 1981 as a media planner/buyer with Michael Bungey DFS. In 1984, he joined Television South West as an advertising sales executive. Subsequently, he became a director and shareholder of the advertising agency Squires White Robertson Gill plc in 1987. Four years later, he founded the directory business Freepages plc (later rebranded Scoot); the company was quoted on the Alternative Investment Market (AIM) in 1994. In 1998, he left the company and went to live in Monaco[6] where he began investing in private companies while working alongside management to help them develop their businesses.[7][8] A number of these companies have now been quoted on AIM, including the UK's largest online fashion and beauty store ASOS plc. In 2004, he founded [11] Blue Star Capital plc of which he is the current chairman,[9] and in 2005, he founded eSeekers with his Freepages plc co-founder Chris Chedgzoy. In April 2008, eSeekers launched the social networking and file sharing brand ShareNow (formerly izimi).