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Graham Clifford Goodkind (born 18 January 1966)[ citation needed] is an English businessman.

Early life and education

Goodkind was born on 18 January 1966[ citation needed] in Dollis Hill, Willesden,[ citation needed] to Derek Goodkind,[ citation needed] a furrier and his wife Pessa.[ citation needed] Goodkind is an only child.[ citation needed] He was educated at the University College School, Hampstead[ citation needed] and then graduated from the London Metropolitan University, where he read Business Studies and Marketing.[ citation needed]

Career

After graduating, Goodkind took up the offer of work experience at Lynne Franks PR in December 1989.[ citation needed]. He got a full-time job as a trainee account executive at Lynne Franks PR after a month and in seven years worked his way up to the position of managing director.[ citation needed]

Goodkind subsequently left to set up an internet venture at the beginning of the dotcom boom called Funmail, later re-branded as another.com.[ citation needed] It offered free web-based email with many domains. Initially planning on listing on the AIM, [1] the company instead accepted an offer instead from Eden, an investment company, to purchase a 20% stake for £6.5m, valuing the fledgling business at £31.25m. [2] Graham, together with one other founder, sold his stake in the company a year later, before the dotcom bubble burst.[ citation needed]

In September 2000, Graham founded Frank PR. [3]

Graham is also a board member of Camden Town Unlimited, [4] a business improvement district in Camden.

Notes

  1. ^ "Web Floatation will be Absolutely Fabulous". The Register. 5 July 1999. Retrieved 24 May 2011.
  2. ^ "An Absolutely Fabulous Idea". The Independent. 6 September 1999. Retrieved 24 May 2011.
  3. ^ "Frank Approach makes good PR". PR Week. 6 September 1999. Retrieved 24 May 2011.
  4. ^ "Board". Camden Town Unlimited. 1 May 2011. Retrieved 24 May 2011.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Graham Clifford Goodkind (born 18 January 1966)[ citation needed] is an English businessman.

Early life and education

Goodkind was born on 18 January 1966[ citation needed] in Dollis Hill, Willesden,[ citation needed] to Derek Goodkind,[ citation needed] a furrier and his wife Pessa.[ citation needed] Goodkind is an only child.[ citation needed] He was educated at the University College School, Hampstead[ citation needed] and then graduated from the London Metropolitan University, where he read Business Studies and Marketing.[ citation needed]

Career

After graduating, Goodkind took up the offer of work experience at Lynne Franks PR in December 1989.[ citation needed]. He got a full-time job as a trainee account executive at Lynne Franks PR after a month and in seven years worked his way up to the position of managing director.[ citation needed]

Goodkind subsequently left to set up an internet venture at the beginning of the dotcom boom called Funmail, later re-branded as another.com.[ citation needed] It offered free web-based email with many domains. Initially planning on listing on the AIM, [1] the company instead accepted an offer instead from Eden, an investment company, to purchase a 20% stake for £6.5m, valuing the fledgling business at £31.25m. [2] Graham, together with one other founder, sold his stake in the company a year later, before the dotcom bubble burst.[ citation needed]

In September 2000, Graham founded Frank PR. [3]

Graham is also a board member of Camden Town Unlimited, [4] a business improvement district in Camden.

Notes

  1. ^ "Web Floatation will be Absolutely Fabulous". The Register. 5 July 1999. Retrieved 24 May 2011.
  2. ^ "An Absolutely Fabulous Idea". The Independent. 6 September 1999. Retrieved 24 May 2011.
  3. ^ "Frank Approach makes good PR". PR Week. 6 September 1999. Retrieved 24 May 2011.
  4. ^ "Board". Camden Town Unlimited. 1 May 2011. Retrieved 24 May 2011.

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