Nick Jenkins

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Nick Jenkins
Born (1967-05-13) 13 May 1967 (age 56)
Birmingham University;
Cranfield University
Occupation(s)Businessman;
Television personality
Known forDragons' Den & founder of Moonpig
SpouseAmelia Freer[1]
Children1

Nicholas David Jenkins (born 13 May 1967) is a British businessman, best known for founding the online greeting card retailer Moonpig.com, then as a "dragon" for the BBC Two TV business series Dragons' Den in the thirteenth and fourteenth series.[2]

Biography

Born at

UK in 1998, he pursued further studies at Cranfield University, graduating as MBA
.

Jenkins launched the greeting card business Moonpig in 2000; 'Moonpig' alluding to his nickname at school, hence the name of the brand.[3] In 2011, he sold Moonpig for an estimated £120 million.[4]

Since 2008, Jenkins has been investing in start-up businesses. He was a member of the Impact Ventures UK investment committee – an investment fund which invests in social enterprises using innovation to find better solutions to social issues in the UK. He is also involved with the educational charity ARK and Shivia.[5]

A donor to the Conservative Party, he was a signatory to a letter to The Daily Telegraph during the 2015 United Kingdom general election campaign, which praised the party's economic policies and claimed that a future Labour government (under Ed Miliband) would "threaten jobs and deter investment".[6][7]

Since 2014 Jenkins has owned Stockton House,

Liveryman of the Haberdashers' Company
since 2018.

References

  1. ^ www.ameliafreer.com
  2. ^ Graham, Natalie (10 July 2015). "My first million – Nick Jenkins". Financial Times. Archived from the original on 8 September 2016. Retrieved 12 July 2015.
  3. Marketing Magazine. Archived
    from the original on 14 March 2012. Retrieved 25 February 2010.
  4. ^ Rizk, Sara (13 October 2009). "Moonpig: Nick Jenkins". startups.co.uk. Archived from the original on 30 March 2019. Retrieved 12 July 2015.
  5. ^ www.shivia.com
  6. ^ Dominiczak, Peter (1 April 2015). "100 business chiefs: Labour threatens Britain's recovery". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 24 January 2020. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  7. ^ "Nick Jenkins". Powerbase. Archived from the original on 21 June 2017. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  8. ^ www.stocktonhouse.com
  9. ^ Aslet, Clive (28 January 2018). "Stockton House, Wiltshire: An Elizabethan house packed with 21st century surprises". Country Life. Archived from the original on 28 March 2020. Retrieved 28 March 2020.

External links

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