Andrew Black (born 13 May 1963) is a British entrepreneur who, together with Edward Wray, a gambling entrepreneur, founded Betfair, ♠ the world's first and largest bet exchange. He is now a noted angel investor in technology businesses in the UK ♠ and further afield, and is a keen race horse owner and professional bridge player.

He has won many awards, most notably ♠ Ernst & Young emerging entrepreneur of the year in 2002 (shared with Wray).[1]

Early life [ edit ]

Black was born on ♠ 13 May 1963, the son of a property developer and grandson of Tory MP for Wimbledon Sir Cyril Black, who ♠ campaigned, among other things, against gambling.[2] He attended King's College School in Wimbledon, where he excelled at maths (according to ♠ a moneyweek profile in 2009, not citable due to an entry in Wikipedia's blacklist) and then attended the University of ♠ Exeter but was asked to leave during his second year, saying later that he had spent most of his time ♠ at the bookies rather than attending lectures.

Career [ edit ]