Nicholas David Jenkins (born 13 May 1967) is a British businessman, best known for founding the online greeting card

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er Moonpig.com, then as a "dragon" for the

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TV business series '' Dragons' Den'' in the thirteenth and fourteenth series.

Biography

Born at Droitwich Spa,

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, Jenkins was educated at Haberdashers' Adams Grammar School, before going up to

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. He pursued further studies at Cranfield University, graduating as

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. Jenkins launched the greeting card business Moonpig in 2000; 'Moonpig' alluding to his

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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''. A donor to the Conservative Party, he was a signatory to a letter to ''

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'' during the

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campaign, which praised the

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's economic policies and claimed that a future Labour

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(under Ed Miliband) would "threaten jobs and deter investment". Since 2014 Jenkins has owned Stockton House, a

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mansion in

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, and is a Liveryman of the Haberdashers' Company since 2018.

References

External links

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www.haberdashers.co.uk
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