Piers Linney
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Jonathan Piers Daniel Linney (born 15 February 1971, in Stoke-on-Trent[2][3][4]) is a British businessman and investor with a professional background in the City.[5] Linney has been recognised as one of the top 100 Black Britons and is known as a champion of entrepreneurship and growth businesses.
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Piers Linney | |
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Born | (1971-02-15) 15 February 1971 (age 53) Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England |
Nationality | British |
Education | The University of Manchester |
Occupation(s) | Businessman television personality |
Known for | Dragons' Den The Secret Millionaire |
Spouse | Tara Bishop (m. 2003; div. 2018)[1] |
Children | Tiger and Electra[1] |
Website | www.pierslinney.com |
Linney is a non-executive director of the UK government-owned development bank, British Business Bank, which has facilitated over £12 billion[6] of financing for UK small and medium-sized businesses and also operates the StartUp Loan Company and British Patient Capital, a £2.5bn fund launched in 2018.
He was the co-CEO and owner of Genesis Communications [7] and was the co-CEO of cloud-based[7] IT business Outsourcery. He is best known for being a "dragon" on the BBC Two business series Dragons' Den (known as Shark Tank in the USA) from 2013 to 2015.
Linney also appeared on the Channel 4 series The Secret Millionaire in 2011, where he worked in Wolverhampton at a young offenders' institution.
In November 2018, Linney was named in the top 20 of Financial Times's list of the top 100 minority ethnic leaders in technology.[8] Linney was also named in the FT as one of the top 100 BAME Leaders in Tech.[9]
Linney is also content creator and public speaker focused on supporting entrepreneurs with ambitions to start-up or grow their businesses as part of his #ScaleUp initiative.[10]