Euan Blair
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Euan Blair | |||
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| Born | 1984 | ||
| Nationality | British | ||
| Citizenship | United Kingdom | ||
| Occupation | Tech-entrepreneur | ||
Euan Blair is a British tech-entrepreneur.
Biography
Euan Blair was born in 1984 to British Prime Minister, Tony Blair and Cherie Blair (nee Booth).[1] He is their eldest child. His grandfathers were Leo Blair and Tony Booth (actor). His uncle is William Blair (judge). He studied in Bristol and Yale, becoming an investment banker with Morgan & Stanley in 2008. In 2013, Blair married Suzanne Ashman, a venture capitalist and daughter of British motor racing entrepreneur Jonathan Ashman.
In 2000, Blair was arrested for being drunk and incapable at Leicester Square. Celebrating the end of his GCSE examinations, he was found lying alone on the ground by a patrolling police officer and had been vomiting and ill. He was released without charge at 1 a.m and driven home.[2]
In 2014, the Huffington Post claimed that Blair had been selected for a British Labour ‘ultra safe seat’ ahead of the 2015 UK General election|2015 UK General Election.[3]
He co-founded Multiverse with Sophie Adelman, an education start up.[4] As of 2020, he owned 40% of the business. In 2021, he received £65 million in a funding round for Multiverse.[5][6][7][8][9] He has acted as its CEO.[10][11][12][13][14]
In 2021, he was appointed to a government task force aiming to improve socio-economic diversity in financial services. The task force was run by the City of London Corporation.[15]
References
- ↑ "Kathryn Blair; Euan Blair; Cherie Blair (née Booth); Tony Blair; Nicky Blair - National Portrait Gallery". www.npg.org.uk. Retrieved 2021-08-25.
- ↑ "Irish Times". www.google.ie. Retrieved 2021-08-25.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Tony Blair's Son Euan 'In Line For Ultra-Safe Labour Seat'". HuffPost UK. 2014-04-12. Retrieved 2021-08-25.
- ↑ "Euan Blair's EdTech start-up raises record £32m". BusinessCloud. 2021-01-20. Retrieved 2021-08-25.
- ↑ Sampson, Annabel. "Meet Euan Blair, the tech entrepreneur who grew up in Downing Street and whose start-up has been valued at £147 million". Tatler. Retrieved 2021-08-25.
- ↑ Field, Matthew (2021-08-22). "Euan Blair secures fortune with £65m funding round". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2021-08-25.
- ↑ "Tony Blair son plans big expansion for training firm valued at $200m". the Guardian. 2021-01-19. Retrieved 2021-08-25.
- ↑ Financial Times
- ↑ "Bloomberg - Are you a robot?". www.bloomberg.com. Retrieved 2021-08-25.
{{cite web}}: Cite uses generic title (help) - ↑ "Euan Blair". CogX. Retrieved 2021-08-25.
- ↑ "We possess an unhealthy societal obsession with obtaining a university degree". The Independent. 2021-01-23. Retrieved 2021-08-25.
- ↑ "Evening Standard". Retrieved 2021-08-25.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ Quetteville, Harry de (2020-11-28). "Tony Blair's son on his mission to dismantle his father's education goals". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2021-08-25.
- ↑ Rumbelow, Helen. "Euan Blair is reversing his dad's legacy". ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 2021-08-25.
- ↑ Yahoo Finance
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