Thomas Whitfield (entrepreneur)
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Thomas Whitfield | |
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| Born | 30 November 1981 (age 43) |
| Alma mater | Christ Church, University of Oxford (DPhil (PhD)) |
| Occupation(s) | biochemist, entrepreneur |
Thomas Whitfield (born 30 November 1981) is a British and German biochemist and entrepreneur. He is known for the dietary supplement TRX2 and his contributions to DesignTheTime.com.[1][2]
Biography
[edit]Whitfield was born in Kirkcaldy, Scotland.[1][2] He spent his childhood and early schooling in Germany.[1] Whitfield holds a DPhil in Biochemistry from Christ Church, University of Oxford.[3][4]
Business ventures
[edit]Designthetime.com
[edit]Whitfield was a co-founder and director of DesignTheTime.com (later called Miomi.com) which plots user-generated personal histories.[4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12] The website garnered media attention throughout Europe and was ranked as one of the Top 10 UK Web 2.0 startups in 2007.[13] The website went offline in 2008 for unknown reasons.[citation needed]
Oxford BioLabs
[edit]In 2009 Whitfield founded the company Oxford BioLabs. In 2011, its first product, a dietary supplement known as TRX2, became publicly available.[1][2]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e Tyler, Richard (16 January 2009). "Thomas Whitfield: The Oxford student who plans to make baldness a thing of the past". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 23 July 2012.
- ^ a b c Tyler, Richard (9 January 2011). "Thomas Whitfield's German roots help hair loss product launch". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 23 July 2012.
- ^ "ChCh Grad wins $100m backing". Christ Church News. 31 March 2009. Retrieved 23 July 2012.
- ^ a b "Flying start for young entrepreneur". University of Oxford News. United Kingdom. 16 January 2009. Archived from the original (Web) on 29 September 2012. Retrieved 23 July 2012.
- ^ "Businessplan-Wettbewerb Die 100.000.000-Dollar-Idee" (Web). Sueddeutsche.de (in German). Germany. 15 February 2007. Retrieved 24 July 2012.
- ^ Walker, Peter (20 February 2007). "The business boat race" (Web). CNN.com. CNN. Retrieved 24 July 2012.
- ^ "Judges back a winner with their own money in Idea Idol competition". United Kingdom. University of Oxford. 20 February 2007. Archived from the original (Web) on 29 September 2012. Retrieved 24 July 2012.
- ^ "Miomi – Geschichte selbst schreiben" (Web). Goldem.de (in German). Germany. 12 October 2007. Retrieved 23 July 2012.
- ^ Hüsing, Alexander (12 October 2007). "miomi macht Geschichte" (Web). Deutsche-Startups (in German). Germany. Retrieved 24 July 2012.
- ^ Christian Helten (4 October 2007). "Auf dem Zeitstrahl in die Business-Welt: Thomas und Miomi.com" (Web). jetzt.sueddeutsche.de (in German). Germany. Retrieved 24 July 2012.
- ^ Von Olaf Schlippe (30 March 2008). "Jeder kann im Internet Geschichte schreiben" (Web). Welt Online (in German). Germany. Retrieved 24 July 2012.
- ^ Thomas Knüwer (14 January 2008). "Internetunternehmen Miomi Die 100-Millionen-Dollar-Geschichte" (Web). Handelsblatt (in German). Germany. Handelsblatt. Retrieved 24 July 2012.
- ^ Tech Digest (16 March 2007). "The top 25 UK web 2.0 start ups" (Web). The Register. Retrieved 24 July 2012.