Brent Hoberman

rdf:langString Brent Hoberman

rdf:langString Brent Hoberman

rdf:langString Brent Hoberman

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rdf:langString Brent Shawzin Hoberman

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rdf:langString Co-founder, lastminute.com, made.com, Founders Factory, Founders Forum & firstminute capital

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rdf:langString Entrepreneur, Investor & Chairman

rdf:langString Brent Shawzin Hoberman CBE (born 25 November 1968) is a British entrepreneur and investor. During the dot-com boom, he co-founded lastminute.com with Martha Lane Fox in 1998, where he was CEO from its inception, before selling the business to Sabre in 2005 for $1.1 billion. Hoberman's other business involvements include Made.com, which he co-founded in 2010 and went public in 2021 as a 'pandemic star' before falling into administration in late 2022. He is also co-founder of startup accelerator Founders Factory, tech community Founders Forum, and $270m seed fund firstminute capital. Technology businesses co-founded by Hoberman have cumulatively raised over $1 billion. Outside of business, Hoberman sits on the advisory boards of The Royal Academy, the UK Government Digital Service and the WEF Digital Europe Group, as well as advising the British government on technology. He previously chaired the Oxford Foundry, the Royal Foundation Taskforce on the Prevention of Cyberbullying for The Duke of Cambridge, and had further board roles including TalkTalk, TimeOut, The Guardian Media Group, Shazam Entertainment, Eton College, Imperial College Innovation Fund and The Economist.

rdf:langString The Royal Academy, the UK Government Digital Service and the WEF Digital Europe Group.

rdf:langString Brent Shawzin Hoberman