{"id":1816,"date":"2015-02-27T17:28:13","date_gmt":"2015-02-27T17:28:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ironbridgecp.com\/?page_id=1816"},"modified":"2020-05-18T08:29:48","modified_gmt":"2020-05-18T08:29:48","slug":"dan-thompson","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ironbridgecp.com\/wordpress\/people\/dan-thompson\/","title":{"rendered":"Dan Thompson"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1248px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_4 1_4 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:25%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:3.84%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:7.68%;--awb-width-medium:25%;--awb-spacing-right-medium:3.84%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:7.68%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-image-element \" style=\"--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-glow imageframe-1 hover-type-zoomin\" style=\"-webkit-box-shadow: 0 0 3px var(--awb-color7);box-shadow: 0 0 3px var(--awb-color7);\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"218\" height=\"300\" title=\"Dan-Thompson\" src=\"https:\/\/ironbridgecp.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/Dan-Thompson-218x300.jpg\" alt class=\"img-responsive wp-image-1817\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ironbridgecp.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/Dan-Thompson-218x300.jpg 218w, https:\/\/ironbridgecp.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/Dan-Thompson.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 218px) 100vw, 218px\" \/><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_3_4 3_4 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:75%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:2.56%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:3.84%;--awb-width-medium:75%;--awb-spacing-right-medium:2.56%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:3.84%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><ul>\n<li>As well as working with Ironbridge,\u00a0Dan is currently running 10 km in every country for his Run the World challenge which aims to promote the importance of exercise and an active lifestyle and to raise money for Cancer Research. In addition to his runs, Dan also does school talks, media work and has set up a Run the World Foundation.<\/li>\n<li>Dan is an active investor in start-up and early stage companies whose investments have included Gamesys Ltd. (owners and operators of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/jackpotjoy.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/jackpotjoy.com\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1589528248099000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFGlCcz7Q-C5_gEq8pUMP1PRLDQxA\">JackpotJoy.com<\/a>\u00a0; sold to Intertain),\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/graze.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/graze.com\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1589528248099000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFMrruKUbJ92EZUi32dxdZDSszJuQ\">Graze.com<\/a>\u00a0(sold to private equity), Utility Aid (sold to Fern Advisors),\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/bango.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/bango.net\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1589528248099000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGFr8fR0TT73limrLpnNZcCqgQ1dQ\">Bango.net<\/a>\u00a0(floated on the London Stock Exchange), MAMA Music (sold to HMV), Shopwave and Blow Ltd (minority stake sold to Debenhams).<\/li>\n<li>Dan is a successful entrepreneur who has started and developed a number of media businesses including <a href=\"http:\/\/videojug.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Videojug.com<\/a> (online video company sold to Coller Capital), Renegade Software (computer &amp; video games publisher sold to Time Warner) and 365 Corporation Plc, taken from start up to flotation in 2 years, achieving a peak stock market valuation of approximately $1 billion. He also worked for the Sanctuary Music Group and Rhythm King Records<\/li>\n<li>Dan has also been a non-executive director and senior adviser to a number of companies in the media, technology and leisure sectors including Gamesys Ltd (owners of <a href=\"http:\/\/jackpotjoy.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jackpotjoy.com<\/a> the UK\u2019s leading online bingo and instant win operator); World\u2019s End Television (Johnny Vaughan\u2019s production company) and Glassworks Ltd (multi award winning post-production company).<\/li>\n<li>Dan has a degree in Politics, Philosophy and Economics from Oxford University and is a Trustee and Treasurer of the Charity Technology Trust.<\/li>\n<li>Dan was the founder and Chair of\u00a0Gold Challenge (<a href=\"http:\/\/goldchallenge.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.goldchallenge.org<\/a>)\u00a0a company that provides healthy living and physical activity challenges to corporates, public sector employers, charities and sporting bodies.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":11,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ironbridgecp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1816"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ironbridgecp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ironbridgecp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ironbridgecp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ironbridgecp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1816"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/ironbridgecp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1816\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2604,"href":"https:\/\/ironbridgecp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1816\/revisions\/2604"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ironbridgecp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ironbridgecp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1816"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}