Alex Tew

Alex Tew (born 1984) is a British entrepreneur and the co-founder of the meditation app Calm. He is known for The Million Dollar Homepage in 2005, at the age of 21, which earned him more than $1 million in five months.[1]

Career

Alex Tew was raised in Wiltshire, England. He began meditating when he was fourteen and he frequently read books about concentration, memory, and cognition.[2] He attended a business management program at the University of Nottingham before dropping out in December 2005.[2]

After the success of The Million Dollar Homepage in 2005, Tew began several internet ventures including Pixelotto, which sold advertising space on websites. He founded humor-focused social network called PopJam, and a Million Dollar Homepage-inspired website site called One Million People which featured photos instead of advertisements.[2]

In late 2008, he made a Flash game called Sock and Awe, a gamified version of the George W. Bush shoeing incident.

In 2011, while he was the CEO of PopJam, he and developer Ben Dowling created a site called "Do Nothing For 2 Minutes".[3]

Tew moved to San Francisco and in 2012, along with Michael Acton Smith, he co-founded Calm, a company that currently operates a meditation app. He serves as co-CEO.[4][5][6][7][8][9][10]

References

  1. ^ Pierce, Sarah (13 January 2006). "The Million-Dollar Home Page". Entrepreneur.
  2. ^ a b c Garone, Elizabeth. "The man behind the million-dollar homepage". BBC. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
  3. ^ Tsotsis, Alexia (2011-01-21). "Creator Of Million Dollar Homepage Makes Do Nothing For 2 Minutes". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2023-12-22.
  4. ^ "Alex Tew, Calm.com Inc: Profile and Biography". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved 2023-12-22.
  5. ^ "Alex Tew, creator of the Million Dollar Homepage, wants you to keep calm". Wired UK. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
  6. ^ "Alex Tew". Smith & Williamson. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
  7. ^ DiPiazza, Daniel (24 April 2017). "This Entrepreneur Skipped College and Made $1,037,100 In Five Months". Entrepreneur. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
  8. ^ Crockett, Zachary (12 May 2018). "How the Million Dollar Homepage kid became the $250m app man". The Hustle.
  9. ^ Jones, Callum. "Keeping Calm and carrying on with a long-term ambition". Retrieved 30 July 2021.
  10. ^ Yiannopoulos, Milo. "Is Alex Tew the most annoying man on the internet?". www.telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 30 July 2021.


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