Dominic Edward Henry McVey (born February 1985)[1] is a British entrepreneur from London who started business at the age of 13, importing micro-scooters from the United States into the United Kingdom.
Career
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The son of a percussionist with the Royal Shakespeare Company, McVey was a millionaire by age 15. As of 2011, he was worth £10 million (approx. US$15 million) according to the Sunday Times Rich List.[2]
By the age of 18 he was appointed by the Queen as a "Pioneer for Britain in Entrepreneurism". He runs a portfolio of business interests from fashion and music to media and cosmetics. He is an adviser on entrepreneurship to the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment of the Irish Government. He has consulted for a wide group of institutions and organisations including the DTi and DfES, and was an independent trustee for the Landscape Institute.[3]
In August 2009 it was reported in Marketing Week that McVey's business interests had expanded into magazine and website publishing, which includes the acquisition of men's lifestyle magazine Front, making him the UK's youngest national magazine publisher. He and Francis Ridley co-own Kane, a publishing company.[citation needed]
In 2009, McVey was named Britain's second most influential businessperson under the age of 30 in The Sunday Times' "Top 30 power players under 30".[4]
References
edit- ^ "Dominic Edward Henry MCVEY - Personal Appointments (free information from Companies House)". Beta.companieshouse.gov.uk. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
- ^ "Passed/Failed: An education in the life of Dominic McVey, entrepreneur". Independent.co.uk. 15 November 2007. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
- ^ "Four new Trustees come on Board - News - Landscape Institute". Landscapeinstitute.org. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
- ^ "Women: Celebrity". Timesonline.co.uk. Archived from the original on 15 June 2011. Retrieved 2 March 2016. (subscription required)
External links
edit- Dominic McVey Interview; startups.co.uk; accessed 30 March 2016.
- Starting Out, telegraph.co.uk
- "I've never read a book but I'd run for Prime Minister" (excerpt) Archived 6 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine, The Evening Standard
- Relative Values, timesonline.co.uk (subscription required)
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