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<body class="mediawiki ltr sitedir-ltr ns-0 ns-subject page-Andrew_Michael_entrepreneur skin-vector action-view"> <div id="mw-page-base" class="noprint"></div> <div id="mw-head-base" class="noprint"></div> <div id="content" class="mw-body" role="main"> <a id="top"></a> <div id="siteNotice"></div> <div class="mw-indicators"> </div> <h1 id="firstHeading" class="firstHeading" lang="en">Andrew Michael (entrepreneur)</h1> <div id="bodyContent" class="mw-body-content"> <div id="siteSub">From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</div> <div id="contentSub"></div> <div id="jump-to-nav" class="mw-jump"> Jump to: <a href="#mw-head">navigation</a>, <a href="#p-search">search</a> </div> <div id="mw-content-text" lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"><table class="infobox biography vcard" style="width:22em"> <tr> <th colspan="2" style="text-align:center;font-size:125%;font-weight:bold"><span class="fn">Andrew Michael</span></th> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Born</th> <td><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1980-01-10</span>)</span> 10 January 1980 <span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow">(age 35)</span><br/> <span class="birthplace"><a href="/web/20151010093613/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyprus" title="Cyprus">Cyprus</a></span></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Residence</th> <td class="label">London, England</td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Occupation</th> <td class="role">British tech entrepreneur</td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Home town</th> <td><a href="/web/20151010093613/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheltenham" title="Cheltenham">Cheltenham</a>, England</td> </tr> </table> <p><b>Andrew Michael</b> (born 10 January 1980) is a British tech entrepreneur and founder of <a href="/web/20151010093613/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fasthosts" title="Fasthosts">Fasthosts</a>, <a href="/web/20151010093613/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Livedrive" title="Livedrive">Livedrive</a> and <a href="/web/20151010093613/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bark.com" title="Bark.com" class="mw-redirect">Bark.com</a>.</p> <p></p> <div id="toc" class="toc"> <div id="toctitle"> <h2>Contents</h2> </div> <ul> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1"><a href="#Early_life_and_Fasthosts"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">Early life and Fasthosts</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2"><a href="#Livedrive"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">Livedrive</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-3"><a href="#Bark.com"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">Bark.com</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-4"><a href="#References"><span class="tocnumber">4</span> <span class="toctext">References</span></a></li> </ul> </div> <p></p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Early_life_and_Fasthosts">Early life and Fasthosts</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/web/20151010093613/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Andrew_Michael_(entrepreneur)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life and Fasthosts">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <p>Andrew Michael was born in <a href="/web/20151010093613/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyprus" title="Cyprus">Cyprus</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span>[</span>1<span>]</span></a></sup> and grew up in Charlton Kings, near <a href="/web/20151010093613/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheltenham" title="Cheltenham">Cheltenham</a>, <a href="/web/20151010093613/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span>[</span>2<span>]</span></a></sup> Aged 17, and as part of an A-level project, Michael started web hosting company, <a href="/web/20151010093613/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fasthosts" title="Fasthosts">Fasthosts</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span>[</span>3<span>]</span></a></sup> In 2002, Fasthosts was listed in the <a href="/web/20151010093613/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunday_Times" title="Sunday Times" class="mw-redirect">Sunday Times</a> as one of the fastest growing technology companies in the UK, and by 2005 reported a turnover of £20m and a profit of £5m.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span>[</span>4<span>]</span></a></sup> In 2006 the company was sold to German internet company <a href="/web/20151010093613/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Internet" title="United Internet">United Internet</a> for a reported £61m, with Michael owning a 75% share in the company.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span>[</span>5<span>]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span>[</span>6<span>]</span></a></sup></p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Livedrive">Livedrive</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/web/20151010093613/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Andrew_Michael_(entrepreneur)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Livedrive">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <p>In 2008, Michael founded UK-based cloud storage and cloud backup company <a href="/web/20151010093613/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Livedrive" title="Livedrive">Livedrive</a>, which offered customers unlimited online storage.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span>[</span>7<span>]</span></a></sup> <a href="/web/20151010093613/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_Cowell" title="Nicholas Cowell">Nicholas Cowell</a> was also an investor in the company.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span>[</span>8<span>]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span>[</span>9<span>]</span></a></sup> In 2009, only three months after the company launched, Michael turned down an offer of £100m for the business,<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span>[</span>10<span>]</span></a></sup> and in late 2009 he launched the company in the US.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span>[</span>11<span>]</span></a></sup></p> <p>In 2014 Michael sold Livedrive to <a href="/web/20151010093613/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J2_Global" title="J2 Global">J2 Global</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span>[</span>12<span>]</span></a></sup></p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Bark.com">Bark.com</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/web/20151010093613/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Andrew_Michael_(entrepreneur)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Bark.com">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <p>In 2014 Andrew co-founded <a href="/web/20151010093613/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bark.com" title="Bark.com" class="mw-redirect">Bark.com</a> with Kai Feller. The company enables customers to easily contact local service professionals,<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span>[</span>13<span>]</span></a></sup> avoiding the need to make multiple calls. In March 2015 Nick Hewer signed on as brand ambassador.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span>[</span>14<span>]</span></a></sup></p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="References">References</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/web/20151010093613/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Andrew_Michael_(entrepreneur)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: References">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <div class="reflist" style="list-style-type: decimal;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite class="citation web"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20151010093613/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/internet-entrepreneur-celebrates-16361m-deal-477723.html">"Internet entrepreneur celebrates £61m deal"</a>. 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