British entrepreneur
Andrew Black (born 13 May 1963) is a British entrepreneur who, together with Edward Wray, a gambling entrepreneur, founded 9️⃣ Betfair, the world's first and largest bet exchange. He is now a noted angel investor in technology businesses in the 9️⃣ UK and further afield, and is a keen race horse owner and professional bridge player.
He has won many awards, most 9️⃣ notably Ernst & Young emerging entrepreneur of the year in 2002 (shared with Wray).[1]
Early life [ edit ]
Black was born 9️⃣ on 13 May 1963, the son of a property developer and grandson of Tory MP for Wimbledon Sir Cyril Black, 9️⃣ who campaigned, among other things, against gambling.[2] He attended King's College School in Wimbledon, where he excelled at maths (according 9️⃣ to a moneyweek profile in 2009, not citable due to an entry in Wikipedia's blacklist) and then attended the University 9️⃣ of Exeter but was asked to leave during his second year, saying later that he had spent most of his 9️⃣ time at the bookies rather than attending lectures.
Career [ edit ]
Black took a succession of unskilled positions after dropping out 9️⃣ of university but when his younger brother, Kevin, contracted a debilitating brain infection at the age of 19 Black gave 9️⃣ up work to look after him until his death aged 21.[3] Black then worked in the City of London for 9️⃣ a derivatives business, but during this time was becoming increasingly successful as a gambler, eventually earning sufficient money in winnings 9️⃣ to give up work and concentrate on gambling full-time for a while. After initial success, full-time gambling looked unlikely to 9️⃣ provide sufficient financial support for Black, who was newly married, so he set up a software business. The business won 9️⃣ an on-site contract at GCHQ which involved being 'locked out of the office' every day at 5.00 pm, giving him 9️⃣ long evenings during which to refine his ideas for a bet exchange. He became friends with Wray through playing bridge 9️⃣ together[3] and showed him a prototype he had programmed which succeeded in securing Wray's interest and investment.
Betfair [ edit ]
Black 9️⃣ and Wray launched Betfair in 2000, having secured £1m of investment from friends and family. Requests for venture capital investment 9️⃣ had been rejected by the funds they had approached.[3]
Other bet exchanges launched at the same time, but worked on the 9️⃣ basis of offering single bets which interested punters would then accept individually. Betfair operated on a model more similar to 9️⃣ a financial exchange, allowing among other things, multiple small bets to fill a position offered by a gambler wishing to 9️⃣ place a large stake on a wager. This approach, combined with the acquisition of rival Flutter in 2001, secured Betfair 9️⃣ 90% of the bet exchange market in the UK within a few years of launch.
In 2010 Betfair was floated on 9️⃣ the London Stock Exchange[4] at a £13 share price which valued it at £1.4bn, making Black's 15% stake worth approximately 9️⃣ £200m. Black is known to have retained much of his stake, benefiting from the share price's subsequent climb to £44 9️⃣ before Betfair was delisted when it was merged with Paddy Power in 2024.[5]
Post-Betfair activities [ edit ]
On 3 August 2009, 9️⃣ Black announced that he was going into partnership with Michael Owen with regard to Owen's Manor House Stables; Tom Dascombe 9️⃣ has been hired as trainer and the stated ambition is to own and train Group 1 horses on the Flat.[6] 9️⃣ Black and Owen were the joint owners of the racehorse Brown Panther, who won the Goodwood Cup in 2013 and 9️⃣ the Irish St. Leger in 2014, winning the latter by six lengths.[7]
Investments [ edit ]
Black's known investments include a significant 9️⃣ stake in Hydrodec Plc where he has acted as a non-executive director and whose UK operations he acquired[8] in 2024; 9️⃣ ownership of Morelands Riverdale,[9] a science park being built at Hampton, Surrey; a 30% stake in golfbidder,[10] a sizeable stake 9️⃣ in Touchlight Genetics, and a portfolio of early stage life sciences, gambling, sports and ecommerce business.
Blog [ edit ]
Black has 9️⃣ his own horseracing blog "Bert's Blog" where he discusses his bloodstock operations.[11] The blog also features interviews with former Betfair 9️⃣ staff such as Tony Clare, Steve High and Martin Cruddace.
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