Sara Murray
NationalityBritish
OccupationEntrepreneur
Known forDeveloper Buddi

Sara Murray OBE is a British entrepreneur and businesswoman who developed buddi, a miniaturised tracking device for vulnerable people[1].[2] She was a member of the British Government’s Technology Strategy Board[3] and a founder of Seedcamp - an organisation to jumpstart the entrepreneurial community in the UK and Europe.[4][5][6][7][8][9]

Education

Born in Lancashire, Murray went to Malvern Girls' College and then read Physiology, Psychology and Philosophy at St Hilda's College, Oxford.

Awards

Murray was named Entrepreneur of the Year at the 2009 Orange National Business Awards.[10]

In 2008, Murray was a finalist in the Blackberry Awards for Women in Technology and a finalist in the Real Business First Woman Awards.

She was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2012 Birthday Honours for services to entrepreneurship and innovation.[11]

References

  1. ^ Waller, Martin (3 January 2009). "Sara Murray: the woman behind buddi, the personal tracking device". The Times. Archived from the original on 12 June 2011. Retrieved 10 November 2017.
  2. ^ "Investors back Buddi's plans to save Government £2bn". www.telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
  3. ^ "Government appoints new board members to its Technology Strategy Board". 29 May 2009. Archived from the original on 6 June 2011.
  4. ^ The Daily Telegraph Archived 2011-03-11 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ The Times
  6. ^ TheWhereBusiness.com biography
  7. ^ The Malvern Gazette
  8. ^ The Times – supplement on Dementia, published 17 November 2009
  9. ^ Seedcamp
  10. ^ "Vince sticks knife into hopeless FSA (section "achelorette with a top idea")". 11 December 2009. Archived from the original on 14 November 2009.
  11. ^ "No. 60173". The London Gazette (Supplement). 16 June 2012. p. 11.


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