Andrew Crawford
Irish businessman1
Andrew Crawford (born 27 July 1971) is an Irish entrepreneur and the founder and former CEO of The Book Depository. He was born in Zambia, of Irish heritage.2
From Wikipedia’s article on Andrew Crawford (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.
Born Jul 27, 1971.1
About
Crawford was educated at Downside School and then The University of Liverpool studying engineering science and industrial management. After a brief spell working for his family firm, Crawford worked in the 1990s in security and specialist risk management working as a private security contractor throughout EMEA.
Having been part of the startup team for Bookpages.co.uk sold to Amazon.com, he went on to found The Book Depository in 2004 which is working to make "All Books Available to All". It was also later sold to Amazon.
Crawford is also founder of Dodo Press, a publisher which reissues up to 200 classic titles a week.
He is a regular columnist for The Bookseller.
From Wikipedia’s article on Andrew Crawford, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.2
Companies
- Book DepositoryFounder8
Early life and education
Career
Occupation: businessperson.5
- Date not recordedFounded Book Depository4
Personal life
- CitizenshipIreland6
Links
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- 1WikidataAndrew Crawford on Wikidata
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- 8WikidataBook Depository, Founder