Ross Williams

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Award Winning Internet Entrepreneur, Investor and Angel
Internet | Slough, United Kingdom, GB
Founder and CEO of Global Personals Limited. Web entrepreneur, angel investor and mentor.
  • Aug 2003 - Present
    Founder and CEO / Global Personals Limited
    Ross began his illustrious career selling Christmas trees – helping people choose a tree, wrap it up and take it to their car. From this he learnt two things: that jumping into a massive pile of trees isn’t as soft as it looks and the cheaper the car the more generous the customer! Come January, Ross had to leave his beloved Norwegian spruces behind. Realising he wanted to be a RAF Pilot, he enthusiastically set about achieving this goal. He learnt how to glide solo at 14, fly powered solo at 17 and was licensed at 18. Unfortunately he realised that that the RAF wasn’t all about looking cool and Top Gun quotes, and at some point could be put in a position where bigger boys may try to hurt him. At this time he promptly checked out and went into musical theatre – but that’s a whole other story!

    Ross finally found his true calling in 2003 when he set up Global Personals with Steve Pammenter. Under his leadership the business has grown to become one of the most successful privately owned web companies in the world.

    Ross loves the variety and challenge of developing the business at breakneck speed, learning about our customers and what they want, then using the best technology and marketing to meet that demand. He was shortlisted as Young Entrepreneur of the Year in 2006, selected as Top 10 to watch in 2007 and was nominated in two categories in the Fast Growth Business Awards in 2008.

    Outside of work you will find Ross walking his scarily massive dog, lovingly patting his cars, reading business books, cycling along the Thames and trying to resist the free Global pastries.
  • 1997 - 2001
    University of Plymouth
  • 1990 - 1996
    Reading Blue Coat School
Honors:
2006 - Shortlisted as Young Entrepreneur of the Year in the CBI Growing Business Awards 2007 - Selected as one of the top 10 “people to watch” in the business category of the Courvoisier Future 500. Also the highest place person under 30 in the business category. 2008 - Shortlisted in 2 categories of the Fast Growth Business Awards. 2010 - South East's Fastest Growing Technology Company in UK Deloitte Technology Fast 50 2010 - 8th Fastest Growing Technology Company in UK Deloitte Technology Fast 50 2010 - 19th place in the Deloitte Technology Fast 500 EMEA 2010 - Digital Business of the Year at the Digital Entrepreneur Awards 2010 - 13th in The Sunday Times Fast Track 100 2011 - "One to Watch" The Sunday Times Best Companies 2011 - 32nd in Media Momentum Top 50 Europe
Interests:
Cars, Motorsport, Web

My Tripit

  • Miami, FL, January 2012
    Jan 18, 12 - Jan 30, 12
  • New York, NY, February 2012
    Feb 05, 12 - Feb 12, 12
  • Barcelona, Spain, February 2012
    Feb 26, 12 - Mar 09, 12
  • London, United Kingdom, October 2011
    Oct 23, 11 - Oct 23, 11
  • Phoenix, AZ, August 2011
    Aug 30, 11 - Sep 11, 11
  • Affiliate Summit East
    Aug 20, 11 - Aug 25, 11
  • New York, NY, August 2011
    Aug 19, 11 - Aug 21, 11
  • Phoenix, AZ, July 2011
    Jul 19, 11 - Jul 19, 11
  • London, United Kingdom, July 2011
    Jul 07, 11 - Jul 08, 11
  • Phoenix, AZ, May 2011
    May 21, 11 - Jun 01, 11
  • Media Momentum - CEO Summit
    May 18, 11 - May 20, 11
  • San Francisco, CA, March 2011
    Mar 10, 11 - Mar 22, 11
  • Las Vegas and Miami
    Jan 08, 11 - Jan 24, 11
  • Tech4Africa
    Aug 10, 10 - Aug 15, 10
  • New York
    Sep 24, 09 - Sep 29, 09
  • Dublin, Ireland, September 2009
    Sep 15, 09 - Sep 17, 09
  • iDate Los Angeles 2009
    Jun 23, 09 - Jun 29, 09
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Past Trips

About Ross Williams

Ross Williams is a serial web entrepreneur, founder and CEO of Global Personals Limited, the most successful UK based online dating business.

In 2006, Ross was shortlisted as Young Entrepreneur of the Year in the CBI Growing Business Awards. In 2007, Ross was selected as one of the top 10 “people to watch” in the business category of the Courvoisier Future 500.

In 2008 Global Personals Limited was shortlisted in not one but TWO categories of the prestigious 2008 Fast Growth Business Awards.

By 2009, Ross had grown Global Personals Limited to employ over 60 people and generate annualised revenues well in excess of £18million.

You can learn more about Global Personals Limited at http://www.globalpersonals.co.uk

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