Tom Blomfield

Tom Blomfield
Born (1985-07-11) July 11, 1985
Hong Kong
Nationality British
Alma mater University of Oxford
Panthéon-Assas University
Occupation CEO of Monzo Bank

Tom Blomfield (born 11 August 1985[1] in Hong Kong) is a British entrepreneur.

After studying for a law degree at Oxford University, he founded the UK-based company GoCardless and challenger bank Monzo.[2][3][4][5][6][7] In 2013, he was recognised as one of the top five entrepreneurs under 30 by the European Commission.[8]

When GoCardless appointed Hiroki Takeuchi as CEO[9] in 2013, Blomfield joined the dating site Grouper social club as Head of Growth. Grouper closed in 2016. On returning from New York, Blomfield joined Starling Bank[10] where he developed the idea to start his own bank which would ultimately become Monzo.

References

  1. ↑ Companies House
  2. ↑ Treanor, Jill (2015-06-29). "Digital banking: Mondo hopes to become the Google or Facebook of the sector". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2017-06-02.
  3. ↑ O'Hear, Steve. "Listen to Monzo founder on building a 'smart' bank, fintech bubble and turning down acquisition offer | TechCrunch". Retrieved 2017-06-02.
  4. ↑ "Startup bank Mondo has to raise at least £15 million to get its banking licence". Business Insider. Retrieved 2017-06-02.
  5. ↑ "Subscribe to read". www.ft.com. Retrieved 2017-06-02.
  6. ↑ Wordsworth, Rich. "High street banks are failing and they only have themselves to blame". WIRED UK. Retrieved 2017-06-02.
  7. ↑ O'Hear, Steve. "Fintech Startup And YC Alum GoCardless Loses Second Co-Founder | TechCrunch". Retrieved 2017-06-02.
  8. ↑ ""If we do our job right, we will make some of the high street banks extinct": Monzo CEO Tom Blomfield on the future of the banking industry". bobsguide. Retrieved 2017-06-02.
  9. ↑ O'Hear, Steve. "Fintech Startup And YC Alum GoCardless Loses Second Co-Founder | TechCrunch". Retrieved 2017-08-19.
  10. ↑ "Starling Bank - See your money in a new way | Mobile banking". Starling Bank. Retrieved 2017-08-19.
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