Primary Job Title Managing Partner Primary Organization Episode 1
Location London, England, United Kingdom Regions Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) Gender Male
Investor Type Investor Stage Number of Exits
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Simon set up online bookstore Bookpages in 1996 and sold it to Amazon in 1998. As VP Europe for Amazon, he managed huge growth from start-up through to multimillion turnover and hundreds of staff.
As an Angel investor, he has invested in Shazam, been chairman of VideoIsland (now merged with and renamed LoveFilm, and purchased in Feb 2011 by
Amazon.com), Zoopla! and Shutl (currently chairman).
Simon founded and funded FriendsAbroad.com, a social network for developing language skills and contacts abroad which was successfully sold to Lesson Nine GmbH, operators of language learning site Babbel.com.
Simon is currently CEO of StormForward, an e-commerce conversion consultancy which helpsonline retailers to increase their online sales
and profits.
