Thomas Whitfield (entrepreneur)

Thomas Whitfield
Born30 November 1981 (1981-11-30) (age 43)
Kirkcaldy, Scotland[1]
Alma materChrist Church, University of Oxford (DPhil (PhD))
Occupation(s)biochemist, entrepreneur

Thomas Whitfield (born 30 November 1981) is a British and German biochemist and entrepreneur. He is known for the dietary supplement TRX2 and his contributions to DesignTheTime.com.[1][2]

Biography

Whitfield was born in Kirkcaldy, Scotland.[1][2] He spent his childhood and early schooling in Germany.[1] Whitfield holds a DPhil in Biochemistry from Christ Church, University of Oxford.[3][4]

Business ventures

Designthetime.com

Whitfield was a co-founder and director of DesignTheTime.com (later called Miomi.com) which plots user-generated personal histories.[4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12] The website garnered media attention throughout Europe and was ranked as one of the Top 10 UK Web 2.0 startups in 2007.[13] The website went offline in 2008 for unknown reasons.[citation needed]

Oxford BioLabs

In 2009 Whitfield founded the company Oxford BioLabs. In 2011, its first product, a dietary supplement known as TRX2, became publicly available.[1][2]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Tyler, Richard (16 January 2009). "Thomas Whitfield: The Oxford student who plans to make baldness a thing of the past". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 23 July 2012.
  2. ^ a b c Tyler, Richard (9 January 2011). "Thomas Whitfield's German roots help hair loss product launch". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 23 July 2012.
  3. ^ "ChCh Grad wins $100m backing". Christ Church News. 31 March 2009. Retrieved 23 July 2012.
  4. ^ a b "Flying start for young entrepreneur". University of Oxford News. United Kingdom. 16 January 2009. Archived from the original (Web) on 29 September 2012. Retrieved 23 July 2012.
  5. ^ "Businessplan-Wettbewerb Die 100.000.000-Dollar-Idee" (Web). Sueddeutsche.de (in German). Germany. 15 February 2007. Retrieved 24 July 2012.
  6. ^ Walker, Peter (20 February 2007). "The business boat race" (Web). CNN.com. CNN. Retrieved 24 July 2012.
  7. ^ "Judges back a winner with their own money in Idea Idol competition". United Kingdom. University of Oxford. 20 February 2007. Archived from the original (Web) on 29 September 2012. Retrieved 24 July 2012.
  8. ^ "Miomi – Geschichte selbst schreiben" (Web). Goldem.de (in German). Germany. 12 October 2007. Retrieved 23 July 2012.
  9. ^ Hüsing, Alexander (12 October 2007). "miomi macht Geschichte" (Web). Deutsche-Startups (in German). Germany. Retrieved 24 July 2012.
  10. ^ Christian Helten (4 October 2007). "Auf dem Zeitstrahl in die Business-Welt: Thomas und Miomi.com" (Web). jetzt.sueddeutsche.de (in German). Germany. Retrieved 24 July 2012.
  11. ^ Von Olaf Schlippe (30 March 2008). "Jeder kann im Internet Geschichte schreiben" (Web). Welt Online (in German). Germany. Retrieved 24 July 2012.
  12. ^ Thomas Knüwer (14 January 2008). "Internetunternehmen Miomi Die 100-Millionen-Dollar-Geschichte" (Web). Handelsblatt (in German). Germany. Handelsblatt. Retrieved 24 July 2012.
  13. ^ Tech Digest (16 March 2007). "The top 25 UK web 2.0 start ups" (Web). The Register. Retrieved 24 July 2012.