Sara Murray

Sara Murray
Born November 1968
Nationality British
Occupation entrepreneur
Known for Confused.com

Sara Murray (born November 1968) is a British entrepreneur and businesswoman who founded the price comparison website confused.com and developed buddi, a miniaturised tracking device for vulnerable people.[1] She is member of the British Government’s Technology Strategy Board [2] and Seedcamp - an organisation to jumpstart the entrepreneurial community in the UK and Europe.[3][4][5][6][7][8]

Education

Born in Lancashire in November 1968, Sara went to Malvern Girls' College and then read Physiology, Psychology and Philosophy at St. Hilda's College, Oxford.[9]

Awards

Sara was named Entrepreneur of the Year at the 2009 Orange National Business Awards.[10]

In 2008, Sara was a finalist in the Blackberry Awards for Women in Technology and a finalist in the Real Business First Woman Awards.

References

  1. ^ The Times http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/entrepreneur/article5434733.ece,
  2. ^ PublicTechnologyNet http://www.publictechnology.net/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=20178,
  3. ^ The Daily Telegraph http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sponsored/business/businesstruth/womeninbusiness/5153637/Women-in-Business-Sara-Murray-and-Julie-Meyer.html,
  4. ^ The Times http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/entrepreneur/article5434733.ece,
  5. ^ TheWhereBusiness.com biography http://google.com/search?q=cache:vR3QHKdK5uMJ:www.thewherebusiness.com/peopletracking/speakers.shtml+Sara+murray+Admiral+Group+18+months+later&cd=2&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=uk,
  6. ^ The Malvern Gazette http://www.malverngazette.co.uk/news/4735409.Former_Malvern_pupil_named_entrepreneur_of_the_year/,
  7. ^ The Times – supplement on Dementia, published 17 November 2009,
  8. ^ Seedcamp www.seedcamp.com/pages/about_team,
  9. ^ The Times http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/entrepreneur/article5434733.ece,
  10. ^ Evening Standard http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-business/article-23768309-in-his-latest-book-free-radical-a-memoir-lib-dem-treasury-supremo-vince-cable-recalls-how-badly-wrong-the-financial-services-authority-was-in-the-build-up-to-the-credit-crunch.do,