Tim Jackson

Current

• Founder at LendAround LLC
• Secretary at www.AfricanCommunities.org

Past

• Managing Director at The Carlyle Group
• Technology columnist at Financial Times
• Founder, CEO & Director at QXL Ricardo PLC

• Editorial/leader writer at The Independent
• Tokyo & Brussels bureau chief at The Independent newspaper
• Staff correspondent in London and Tokyo at The Economist

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Education

• University of Oxford

Connections

343 connections

Industry

Venture Capital & Private Equity

Websites

• My Foundation
• My Company
• Twitter

Tim Jackson’s Summary

Venture capitalist, entrepreneur, not-for-profiteer, newspaper columnist, author, foreign correspondent, writer.

Tim Jackson’s Specialties:

Boat-rocking.

Tim Jackson’s Experience

• Founder

  LendAround LLC

  (Internet industry)

  January 2008 — Present (1 year 7 months)

  LendAround provides tools to help people share things with their friends instead of buying more stuff.
  
  We've launched an invitation-only beta; if you'd like to try it, please email me and I'd be happy to send you an invitation.

• Secretary

  www.AfricanCommunities.org

  (Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

  2002 — Present (7 years)

  A not-for-profit network to leverage the work of community organizations helping orphans and vulnerable children affected by HIV in subSaharan Africa.

• Managing Director

  The Carlyle Group

  (Partnership; 1001-5000 employees; Financial Services industry)

  1999 — 2001 (2 years)

• Technology columnist

  Financial Times

  (Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; Newspapers industry)

  1994 — 2001 (7 years)

• Founder, CEO & Director

  QXL Ricardo PLC

  (Public Company; 201-500 employees; QXLC; Internet industry)

  1997 — 2000 (3 years)

• Editorial/leader writer

  The Independent

  (Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Newspapers industry)

  1993 — 1994 (1 year)

• Tokyo & Brussels bureau chief

  The Independent newspaper

  (Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Publishing industry)

  1989 — 1993 (4 years)

• Staff correspondent in London and Tokyo

  The Economist

  (Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Newspapers industry)

  1986 — 1989 (3 years)

Tim Jackson’s Education

• University of Oxford

  1983 — 1986

Additional Information

Tim Jackson’s Websites:

• My Foundation
• My Company
• Twitter

Tim Jackson’s Groups:

•    PHP London
•    Cloud Computing
•    Social Innovation eXchange (SIX) Group

Tim Jackson’s Honors:

Selected by World Economic Forum as one of 100 Global Leaders of Tomorrow
Listed by Business Week as one of 50 most influential people in Europe
Designated as one of 21 leaders of the 21st century in photographic exhibition at National Portrait Gallery, London
Identified by readers of Business 2.0 magazine as second in ranking of people they would most like to have in their Rolodex

Tim Jackson’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

• new ventures
• expertise requests
• business deals
• reference requests
• getting back in touch