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Ray Nolan

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Ray founded WRI in 1999 when he identified an opportunity to introduce online bookings to the hostel industry, a sector which had previously been ignored by mainstream online travel companies. As CEO, Ray grew Hostelworld.com to become a leading brand in the online travel space.

A serial I.T. entrepreneur, Ray has been instrumental in the success of a number of companies in the Irish technology sector. He founded Raven Computing (subsequently Coretime Ltd) in 1989 to develop bespoke software solutions for the legal, and hospitality sectors, before subsequently developing a leading time and billing management system. He sold Coretime Ltd, to Sage in 2004.

Awards for Ray include Ernst and Young Emerging Entrepreneur of the year 2003, and IIA Net Visionary 2006.

In February 2008 Ray stepped down as CEO but remains on the Board of Directors.

Recent Milestones

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  Ray Nolan invested in CloudSplit. (11/27/09)
  Posted 9/16/09 at 1:01am via irishtimes.com
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  Ray Nolan invested in Kore Virtual Machines. (1/10/09)
  Posted 1/16/09 at 8:08am via independent.ie
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  Ray Nolan added a position as Chairman at WhatClinic.com.
  Posted 1/16/09 at 8:23am
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  Ray Nolan added a position as Founder at Web Reservations International.
  Posted 10/19/08 at 3:26pm
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  Ray Nolan added to Worky.
  Posted 5/8/09 at 1:23am
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  Ray Nolan added a position as Chairman at Skyscanner.
  Posted 4/11/13 at 6:55am

Investments

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Sources

1. The Irish Times (irishtimes.com) [edit]
2. Games firm led by Havok founders raises €1.6m in funding (independent.ie) [edit]