Brent Hoberman
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 $1.1bn.
Brent Hoberman | |
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| Born | Brent Shawzin Hoberman 25 November 1968 Cape Town, South Africa |
| Nationality | British |
| Education | Dragon School Eton |
| Alma mater | New College, Oxford |
| Occupation(s) | Entrepreneur, Investor |
| Known for | Co-founder, lastminute.com, made.com, Founders Factory, Founders Forum Group & firstminute capital |
| Board member of | Google Cloud, The UK Government Digital Service, Tessa Jowell Foundation and the WEF Digital Europe Group. |
| Website | https://ff.co |
Hoberman's other business involvements include Made.com, which he co-founded in 2010. Hoberman left his role as Chair shortly before the company went public with a valuation of $1bn, voicing that he was not in favour of the IPO. The company was a 'pandemic star' but fell into administration in late 2022.
Brent is also co-founder of the 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.
Hoberman sits on the advisory boards of Google Cloud, 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 William, the Prince of Wales, and had further board roles including The Royal Academy, TalkTalk, TimeOut, The Guardian Media Group, Shazam Entertainment, Eton College, Imperial College Innovation Fund and The Economist.