| Name: | Andrew Black |
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| Current Position: | Co-founder | |
| Current Organisation: | Betfair |
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| Background: | Varied career which started late. Left city software position after a series of decent wins betting on horses. Gambled for a while, backing horses and playing high stakes bridge. Traded equities for a hedge fund for a year after that. Left and went back into software as a contractor, initially working on databases and mathematical programmes for the MOD/DERA and latterly building websites for various clients. Started on the Betfair idea in my spare time in 1998 - went full time in 1999 with a partner (Edward Wray) and launched the site in June 2000. | |
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| Current: | Spend most of my time at Betfair although I do not have an executive role any more. I am on the board of golfbidder and have investments in a number of small technology startups. | |
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