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Ben Way is an entrepreneur and author who has been featured in Forbes, The Wall Street Journal, and The New York Times. He is the founder of the Way Group, a venture capital firm that invests in early-stage technology companies. He is also the author of the book, "Do More Faster: Techstars Lessons to Accelerate Your Startup".
Way was born in Exeter, England, and attended the University of Exeter, where he earned a degree in business and finance. After college, he moved to London and worked in the financial services industry. In 2006, he founded the Way Group, which has since invested in over 50 companies.
In addition to his venture capital work, Way is an active angel investor and mentor to entrepreneurs. He is a mentor at the Techstars accelerator program and a board member of the Entrepreneurs' Organization. He is also a frequent speaker at conferences and events.
Way is married and has two children. He currently lives in London.
| Popular As |
Ben Way |
| Occupation |
Entrepreneur |
| Age |
44 years old |
| Zodiac Sign |
Libra |
| Born |
28 September, 1980 |
| Birthday |
28 September |
| Birthplace |
Exeter, Devon, England |
| Nationality |
United Kingdom |
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He is a member of famous Entrepreneur with the age 44 years old group. He one of the Richest Entrepreneur who was born in United Kingdom.
Ben Way Height, Weight & Measurements
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He is currently single. He is not dating anyone. We don't have much information about He's past relationship and any previous engaged. According to our Database, He has no children.
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Ben Way Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2022-2023. So, how much is Ben Way worth at the age of 44 years old? Ben Way’s income source is mostly from being a successful Entrepreneur. He is from United Kingdom. We have estimated
Ben Way's net worth
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| Net Worth in 2023 |
US$16 million (£10 million) |
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Ben Way Social Network
Timeline
In 2013 he wrote a book called Jobocalypse: The End of Human Jobs and How Robots will Replace Them''.
In 2012 he appeared as one of the main cast on Bravo's TV Show Start-Ups: Silicon Valley with his sister Hermione Way working on an mHealth innovation called Ignite and raising $500,000 for it from investors including Esther Dyson.
In 2011 he worked with the founding team at TradeHill the first US crypto exchange on the BitCoin.com deal.
Ben appeared on ITV's Take Me Out dating show on 20 February 2010, on which he declared his personal wealth as £10m, also taking Daisy Gigg out on a date.
Way is involved in a large number of startup companies that are listed on the Rainmakers Global website, such as GoDine, the restaurant booking service; FuelMyBlog, the blogging product review service; Truevoo, the iPhone apps store review service; an SME advice service called Smarta; and a graduate recruitment company called BraveNewTalent. In 2009 Rainmakers opened a United States (US) branch and consequently became involved in a number of US startups, including Traffic Spaces, the ad management platform, and BoostCTR, the Google adwords optimizer. He is also one of the founders of Alpha Concierge Matchmaking, which describes itself as the world's most exclusive matchmaking app.
In 2008 has appeared on a Channel Four, 3 Minute Wonder on Robotics and as a "Web Guru" on Sky News.
In 2006, he appeared on the Channel 4 TV show Secret Millionaire where he gave away £40,000 in a philanthropic act after spending two weeks in Hackney as a volunteer. £20,000 was given to a youth organisation, £10,000 to a young entrepreneur, and another £10,000 as a thank you to one key member of the Hackney community. He subsequently appeared in the follow-up program Secret Millionaire Changed My Life.
He currently runs The Rainmakers, which he started in 2004 an innovation and incubation company, through this he got involved with a number of start up companies, including the online mentoring company Horsesmouth, language learning company FriendsAbroad which was sold to Babbel. During this time he was also chief innovation officer for Brightstation Ventures a $100m technology VC fund started by Dan Wagner and Shaa Wasmund.
Way started his first company 'Quad', a computer consultancy, at age 15. At the age of 19 he raised £25 million from Jersey-based venture capitalist to create an online shopping comparison technology called Pulsar. However, after a dispute with the investors in 2001 he was diluted out of the business and lost everything. It is reported that he was in the under thirties Sunday Times Rich List 2001 on the same day he could not buy a tube ticket.
He won "New Business Millennium Young Entrepreneur Of The Year" in 2000 which was given to him by Gordon Brown. After receiving this award he went on to advise both the White House and the UK government on technology as well as joining the internet incubator NetB2B2 PLC as a non-executive. After this he headed up technical and environmental investments and due-diligence for the Rotch Property Group.
In 1999 Way was featured on Britain's Richest Kids on ITV. After this he appeared on a number of television shows including Big Breakfast, partly due to some unusual restrictions on his personal life.
Benjamin Peter Bernard Way (born 28 September 1980) is a serial entrepreneur and best selling author best known for his appearance on Secret Millionaire, The Startup Kids and as a cast member on Start-Ups: Silicon Valley, he started his first company at the age of 15. He went on to raise £25 million in his teens making him one of the first dot com millionaires.
