Nicholas David Jenkins (born 13 May 1967) is an English businessman, known for founding the online greeting card retailer

Moonpig.com Moonpig is an internet-based business whose head offices are situated in London and Guernsey. The company's business model is mainly selling personalised greeting cards, flowers and gifts. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a consti ...

, and being a "dragon" on the

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business series '' Dragons' Den'' for the thirteenth and fourteenth series.

Biography

He was born in Droitwich Spa, Worcestershire and attended Haberdashers' Adams Grammar School in Newport, Shropshire and Birmingham University where he read

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. He then worked for eight years as a commodity trader for

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in Moscow. In 1998, he returned to the UK to study for an MBA at

Cranfield University , mottoeng = After clouds light , established = 1946 - College of Aeronautics 1969 - Cranfield Institute of Technology (gained university status by royal charter) 1993 - Cranfield University (adopted current name) , type = Public research uni ...

. He launched the greeting card business Moonpig in 2000. 'Moonpig' was his nickname at school, hence the name of the brand. In 2011, he sold Moonpig for an estimated £120 million. Since 2008, Jenkins has been investing in start-up businesses. He was a member of the Impact Ventures UK investment committee – an investment fund which invests in social enterprises using innovation to find better solutions to social issues in the UK. He is also involved with the educational charity ''Ark and Shivia''. Jenkins has owned Stockton House, a

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building at Stockton, Wiltshire since 2014. Jenkins has donated money to the Conservative Party and was a signatory to a letter to '' The Daily Telegraph'' during the

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campaign, which praised the party's economic policies and claimed that a Labour government under Ed Miliband would “threaten jobs and deter investment”.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Jenkins, Nick 1967 births Living people People educated at Adams' Grammar School Alumni of the University of Birmingham Alumni of Cranfield University English businesspeople English television personalities People from Droitwich Spa Conservative Party (UK) donors Conservative Party (UK) people