Matthew Clifford
| Matthew Clifford | |
|---|---|
| Born | November 1985 (age 39) Bradford, England |
| 🏳️ Nationality | British |
| 💼 Occupation | Investor |
| 📆 Years active | 2011 to present |
| Known for | Co-founder and CEO, Entrepreneur First co-founder, Code First: Girls |
Matthew Philip Clifford MBE (born 10 November 1985) is the co-founder and CEO of Entrepreneur First, a company builder with programmes in London and Singapore that supports engineers and computer scientists to build tech companies from scratch. He is also the co-founder of Code First: Girls.
Early life and education[edit]
After finishing school, he then attended Clare College, Cambridge, graduating with a bachelor's degree in History and Management, with first class honours.[citation needed] He graduated 1st in his Tripos for both Part I: History and Part II: Management.[1][non-primary source needed] Upon graduating from Cambridge Clifford was awarded a Kennedy Scholarship.[2] He spent a year at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he met his wife who was also a Kennedy Scholar.[2] There he studied quantitative methods, statistics and mathematics, and gained a Master of Science.[citation needed]
Career[edit]
In 2007 Clifford interned in the office of US Senator Sherrod Brown.[citation needed] From 2009 to 2011 he was a management consultant in the London office of McKinsey & Company.[citation needed] In 2011 Clifford and Alice Bentinck, a McKinsey colleague, founded Entrepreneur First, a company builder that supports engineers and computer scientists to build technology companies from scratch. EF is a two-year programme, that begins with a six-month intensive programme in offices in London or Singapore, followed by support for a further 18 months. In its five years, Entrepreneur First helped establish over 100 startups valued at $500 million.[3][non-primary source needed]
Clifford sits on the boards of Tech For Trade [4][not in citation given] and Silicon Valley Comes to the UK,[5][not in citation given] and is Global Shaper at the World Economic Forum.[6]
Philanthropy[edit]
In 2015 Clifford signed the Founders Pledge.[4] Founders Pledge is a global community of entrepreneurs who have all pledged to support a charity about which they are passionate.[7]
Honours and awards[edit]
Clifford was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2016 Birthday Honours for services to business.[8]
References[edit]
- ↑ "Matt Clifford Linkedin". 10 November 2016. Retrieved 10 November 2016.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Full list of Kennedy Scholars". 10 November 2016. Retrieved 10 November 2016.
- ↑ "Entrepreneur First Website". 10 November 2016. Retrieved 10 November 2016.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Meet the Founders who have pledged". 10 November 2016. Retrieved 10 November 2016.
- ↑ "Silicon Valley Comes to the UK". 10 November 2016. Retrieved 10 November 2016.
- ↑ "The Global Shapers Community". 10 November 2016. Retrieved 10 November 2016.
- ↑ "Meet the Founders who have pledged". 10 November 2016. Retrieved 10 November 2016.
- ↑ "No. 61608". The London Gazette (invalid
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External links[edit]
- "Matt Clifford - Founder & CEO of Entrepreneur First | Silicon Real"
- "Why start a startup? - Matt Clifford. Entrepreneur First at the Alan Turing Institute"
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