Piers Linney Net Worth, Biography, Age, Wife
Piers Linney Net Worth
Piers Linney, a British businessman and investor with a professional background in the City whose full name is Jonathan Piers Daniel Linney has a net worth of $150 million.
Profile Summary
| Net Worth | $150 million |
| Name | Piers Linney |
| Full Name | Jonathan Piers Daniel Linney |
| Gender | Male |
| Born | 15 February 1971 |
| Age | 52 years old (as of 2023) |
| Place of birth | Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England |
| Profession | Businessman and investor |
| Nationality | British |
Biography
Jonathan Piers Daniel Linney is a well-known British businessman and investor, known for his expertise in finance and business. Linney has earned recognition as one of the top 100 Black Britons and is celebrated for supporting entrepreneurs and growing businesses.
Currently, Linney serves as a director at the British Business Bank, a government-owned bank in the UK. This bank has provided over £12 billion in financing to small and medium-sized businesses in the UK. Linney is also associated with the StartUp Loan Company and British Patient Capital, a £2.5 billion fund launched in 2018.
In his career, he led Genesis Communications and worked as the co-CEO of Outsourcery, an IT business. Linney gained recognition as a dragon on the BBC Two show Dragons' Den (known as Shark Tank in the USA) from 2013 to 2015.
Beyond TV, Linney appeared on Channel 4's The Secret Millionaire in 2011, working at a young offenders' institution in Wolverhampton.
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In November 2018, Linney was listed in the Financial Times as one of the top 100 minority ethnic leaders in technology. In 2018, he was recognized in the Top 100 BAME Leaders in Business and named by the FT as one of the top 100 BAME Leaders in Tech.
Linney is also involved in content creation and public speaking, focusing on supporting entrepreneurs in starting and growing their businesses through his #ScaleUp initiative.
How old is Piers Linney?
The British businessman and investor with a professional background in the City, Piers Linney was born on 15 February 1971 in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England. However, he is 52 years old as of 2023.
Parents
His parents are Derek and Norma Linney. He has roots in Barbados and England.
Piers Linney Wife
Linney married Tara Bishop and they have two kids named Tiger and Electra. However, Linney and Bishop divorced in 2018.
Career
Linney went to The University of Manchester and studied accounting and law. He later became a solicitor at SJ Berwin.
After that, he worked in banking at Barclays de Zoete Wedd and Credit Suisse. In 2000, Linney left banking to start an internet business. Since then, he has been part of various tech, media, and telecom ventures.
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He served as CEO at a finance firm, focusing on tech venture capital and getting funding for small and mid-sized companies. Linney also became a partner in a €90 million fund supporting small-cap public companies.
In 2007, with Simon Newton, Linney bought Genesis Communications, a mobile voice and data company. In 2009, they acquired Thus Mobile from Cable & Wireless, renaming it Outsourcery for cloud IT and communications. In 2012, they sold the mobile part to Daisy Group for £15 million.
Outsourcery went public on AIM in 2013, raising £13 million with help from Vodafone. But in June 2016, it was sold for an unknown amount and faced financial issues despite making £10 million in revenue.
Linney played a role in the UK's Cloud Industry Forum and promoted cloud computing. He advised on small business matters at the Cabinet Office SME Panel. Linney also started workinsight.org, connecting young people to local employers digitally.
Beyond work, Linney co-founded the Powerlist Foundation and supports Nesta, Plotr, and Virgin Unite. He was among the top 100 influential black Britons in the JP Morgan Power List 2013 and received the Entrepreneur Leader of the Year award in 2014.
Linney was on the Dragons' Den TV show from 2013 to 2015. He invested in Wonderbly, a tech and publishing firm making personalized children's books.
Since 2012, Wonderbly has sold over 2.7 million books worldwide and raised $8.5 million in 2017 from investors like Ravensburger and Google Ventures.
