Sara Murray Explained

Sara Murray
Nationality:British
Known For:Founder Buddi ltd
Website:https://www.buddi.co.uk/
Occupation:Entrepreneur

Sara Murray is a British entrepreneur and businesswoman who developed buddi ltd, a miniaturised tracking device for vulnerable people[1] .[2] She was a member of the British Government’s Technology Strategy Board[3] and a founder of Seedcamp - an organisation to jumpstart the entrepreneurial community in the UK and Europe.[4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]

Education

Born in Lancashire, Murray went to Malvern Girls' College and then read Physiology, Psychology and Philosophy at St Hilda's College, Oxford.

Awards

Murray was named Entrepreneur of the Year at the 2009 Orange National Business Awards.[10] In 2008, Murray was a finalist in the Blackberry Awards for Women in Technology and a finalist in the Real Business First Woman Awards.

She was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2012 Birthday Honours for services to entrepreneurship and innovation.

Notes and References

  1. News: Waller. Martin. Sara Murray: the woman behind buddi, the personal tracking device. 10 November 2017. The Times. January 3, 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20110612213713/http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/entrepreneur/article5434733.ece. 2011-06-12. dead.
  2. Web site: Investors back Buddi's plans to save Government £2bn. 2021-08-31. www.telegraph.co.uk.
  3. Web site: Government appoints new board members to its Technology Strategy Board. https://web.archive.org/web/20110606163202/http://www.publictechnology.net/content/20178. 2011-06-06. May 29, 2009.
  4. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sponsored/business/businesstruth/womeninbusiness/5153637/Women-in-Business-Sara-Murray-and-Julie-Meyer.html The Daily Telegraph
  5. http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/entrepreneur/article5434733.ece The Times
  6. https://web.archive.org/web/20090704003652/http://www.thewherebusiness.com/peopletracking/speakers.shtml TheWhereBusiness.com biography
  7. http://www.malverngazette.co.uk/news/4735409.Former_Malvern_pupil_named_entrepreneur_of_the_year/ The Malvern Gazette
  8. The Times – supplement on Dementia, published 17 November 2009
  9. http://www.seedcamp.com/pages/about_team Seedcamp
  10. News: Vince sticks knife into hopeless FSA (section "achelorette with a top idea"). December 11, 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20091114064613/http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-business/article-23768309-in-his-latest-book-free-radical-a-memoir-lib-dem-treasury-supremo-vince-cable-recalls-how-badly-wrong-the-financial-services-authority-was-in-the-build-up-to-the-credit-crunch.do. 2009-11-14.

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