| Tom Hadfield | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1982 Wakefield, England |
| Occupation | Entrepreneur |
Tom Hadfield (born 1982 in Wakefield, England) created Soccernet, a sports Internet company that was sold to ESPN for $40 million when he was 17 years old.[1] Two years later, he and his father were able to raise millions of dollars to launch the education website Schoolsnet.com.[1]
In February 2002, Tom was named a 'Global Leader of Tomorrow' by the World Economic Forum in Davos. He is also a Patron of the UK National Youth Agency, and was a youth advisor to the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts in the UK. He graduated from Harvard University in 2008.
In 2006, Hadfield mounted an unsuccessful campaign for the presidency of Harvard's student government. His running mate was Adam Goldenberg.[1]
In July 2006, Hadfield was selected as a Goldman Sachs Global Leader, and attended the Global Leaders Institute in New York.