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Tammy Barton
Barton in the MyBudget office in Adelaide
Born	Tamara Jill Barton [a] (1978-01-27) 27 January 1978 (age 46) Adelaide, South Australia
Nationality	Australian
Occupation	Entrepreneur
Years active	1999–present
Known for	MyBudget founder
Spouses	Eddy May ​ ​ ( m. 2002, divorced)​ Nathan Barton

Tamara Jill Barton (born 27 January 1978) ^[1] is an Australian entrepreneur and the founder of MyBudget.

Personal life

Tammy Barton is an Australian entrepreneur, businessperson and personal finance expert. She is the founding director of MyBudget, ^[2] a personal budgeting service based in Australia.

She has twice won the Telstra Business Woman of the Year (Entrepreneur-South Australia), in 2007 and 2017. Barton is recognised as one of Australia's most influential businesswomen ^[3] and she regularly appears in the media as an expert on personal money management and household budgeting.

Career

Barton started MyBudget as a home-based business in Adelaide in 1999 at the age of 22 after working at a debt collection agency, where she witnessed the damaging effects of financial stress on people. ^{[4] [5]} The business has since grown into a national company that employs more than 250 staff in 15 offices across Australia, with more than 65,000 clients.

On 26 October 2012, Barton became an appointee to the BankSA Advisory Board. Chairman Rob Chapman said Barton brought "strong credentials and a passionate commitment to helping South Australia prosper and grow". ^[6] Barton remains director of and spokesperson for MyBudget.

For her business achievements, Barton has been recognised with a number of awards and honours. During her acceptance speech at the Telstra South Australian Business Woman of the Year Awards in October 2017, Barton announced that MyBudget would be opening its first international branch, in the United Kingdom, in 2018.

In May 2020, MyBudget was the confirmed target of a malware attack.

Awards and recognition

Barton has won numerous awards throughout her career, including being a two-time winner of the Telstra South Australian Business Woman of the Year Award (2007 and 2017). She has appeared in SmartCompany's list of Australia's Top 30 Female Entrepreneurs in 2015 through to 2017 and was awarded Female Entrepreneur of the Year by the League of Extraordinary Women in 2015.

Summary of awards:

• Telstra South Australian Business Woman of the Year Award, 2017 ^[7]
• Smartcompany Australia's Top 30 Female Entrepreneur ^[8]
• League of Extraordinary Women Female Entrepreneur of the Year, 2015, 2016 and 2017 ^[9]
• Start Up Daily No 1. Top Female Entrepreneur under 40, 2014 ^[10]
• Australian Financial Review 100 Women of Influence Awards, 2012 ^[11]
• International Business Times Australia Top 100 Women of Influence, 2012
• Telstra South Australian Business Woman of the Year Award, 2007
• Telstra Business Owner Award, 2007
• Australian Government Business Innovation Award, 2007
• Ernst and Young's Entrepreneur of the Year Finalist, 2008

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