Speakers Biography

Brent Hoberman

Brent HobermanBrent co-founded lastminute.com in April 1998 with Martha Lane Fox in the living room of his London flat, three years after having drafted the initial idea while working as a strategy consultant. Brent was 29 and Martha was just 25. Lastminute.com was the UK's highest profile site and seven years on it remains Europe's number one travel website. In 2005 Brent went from CEO to part-time Chairman and Chief Strategy Officer.