Piers Linney Net Worth

November 2, 2023 12:44 AM

Piers Linney Bio	Details
Full Name	Jonathan Piers Daniel Linney (Known as Piers Linney)
Date of Birth	February 15, 1971
Place of Birth	Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England
Nationality	British
Net Worth	$100 million USD
Age	52 years old (as of the current date)

What is Piers Linney’s Net Worth?

Piers Linney’s estimated net worth is $100 million.

British businessman and investor Jonathan Piers Daniel Linney, born on February 15, 1971, in Stoke-on-Trent, is recognized as one of the top 100 Black Britons. With a professional background in the City, Linney is known for championing entrepreneurship and growth businesses.

As a non-executive director of the UK government-owned development bank, British Business Bank, Linney has played a key role in facilitating over £12 billion of financing for UK small and medium-sized businesses. He is also involved with the StartUp Loan Company and British Patient Capital, a £2.5bn fund launched in 2018.

Previously, Linney held positions as the co-CEO and owner of Genesis Communications and co-CEO of cloud-based IT business Outsourcery. Additionally, he gained recognition for his role as a “dragon” on the BBC Two business series Dragons’ Den from 2013 to 2015.

Linney’s appearances on television extended beyond Dragons’ Den. In 2011, he featured on the Channel 4 series The Secret Millionaire, where he worked in a young offenders’ institution in Wolverhampton.

Linney’s achievements have not gone unnoticed. In November 2018, he was named among the top 20 minority ethnic leaders in technology by the Financial Times. He was also included in the Top 100 BAME Leaders in Business and identified by the FT as one of the top 100 BAME Leaders in Tech in 2018.

Aside from his business endeavors, Linney is a content creator and public speaker. His focus is on supporting entrepreneurs through his #ScaleUp initiative, aiding those with ambitions to start or grow their businesses.

How did Pier Linney make his money?

Co-founder of Atherton Bikes, Piers Linney, is a seasoned entrepreneur and investor who has ventured into various sectors such as technology, media, communications, and additive manufacturing. With his expertise, Atherton Bikes has become a world-leading producer of additive manufactured mountain bikes, even securing a victory at the 2023 World Championships.

Piers Linney’s Early Life

Linney was born to Derek and Norma Linney in 1971. He has Bajan (Barbados) and English heritage. He grew up in Stoke-on-Trent and moved at the age of nine to the small former mill town of Bacup in Lancashire,[12] where he attended the local secondary modern school (Fearns) after failing his eleven-plus exam.

Linney’s Career

Linney studied accounting and law at The University of Manchester, and subsequently qualified as a solicitor with SJ Berwin. He then worked in investment banking, first at Barclays de Zoete Wedd, followed by Credit Suisse. Linney left banking in 2000 to start an internet business and has since been involved in a number of technology, media and telecommunications businesses. After becoming the CEO of a corporate finance boutique, Linney specialised in technology venture capital and securing structured equity and debt finance from US hedge funds for small and mid-cap listed companies. Linney became a partner in a €90 million alternative investment fund providing structured debt and equity financing to small cap public companies.

Linney, with his business partner Simon Newton, leading the buyout of Genesis Communications, a mobile voice and data resale company. Genesis acquiring Thus Mobile from Cable & Wireless and rebranding as Outsourcery to focus on cloud IT and communications. The mobile business arm being sold to Daisy Group for £15 million.

Outsourcery being floated on the Alternative Investment Market (AIM) in 2013 raising £13 million. The business being provided with a debt facility by Vodafone. In June 2016 the business being sold for an undisclosed sum and the company being placed into administration, having reached revenues of £10m, but remaining unprofitable.

Piers Linney Wife

Piers Linney married Tara Bishop and they have two children, Tiger and Electra. Linney and Bishop were divorced in 2018

Piers Linney Parents

Linney was born to Derek and Norma Linney in 1971

Piers Linney Age

As of today Piers Linney would be 52 years old.

Piers Linney Ethnicity

He has Bajan (Barbados) and English heritage

What nationality is Piers Linney?

Piers Linney is a British National