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2024
Equals Group PLC (FairFX)
Equals Group PLC (FairFX)

Equals (AIM:EQLS), the fast-growing payments group focused on the SME marketplace hits $280m Market Cap.

Jason Drummond presenting Medpal AI in Davos during the World Economic Forum
Jason Drummond presenting Medpal AI in Davos during the World Economic Forum

MedPal AI aims to create a virtual Blue Zone community by leveraging artificial intelligence to enhance health and well-being.

2023
Ashington Innovation PLC London IPO
Ashington Innovation PLC London IPO

SPAC looking for FINTECH and Deep Tech deals.

2022
Gaming Technologies, Inc. Receives Conditional Approval to List on Nasdaq
Gaming Technologies, Inc. Receives Conditional Approval to List on Nasdaq

Gaming Technologies, Inc. (OTCQB: GMGT) (“Gametech”), announced today that it has received conditional approval from The Nasdaq Stock Market.

2021
Gametech IPO
Gametech IPO

Gaming Technologies, Inc. (Gametech), a software company specializing in online gaming, launched its IPO on the OTC Markets in the United States under the ticker symbol GMGT.

Launch of Vale.mx in Mexico with Canelo
Launch of Vale.mx in Mexico with Canelo

Vale.mx, an online casino and sports betting platform, recently made a significant splash in the Mexican market by partnering with the renowned boxing champion, Saul “Canelo” Alvarez.

2015
Teathers: the Worlds first IPO to be offered through a mobile application
Teathers: the Worlds first IPO to be offered through a mobile application

Teathers first initial public offering has been offered through the Teathers App.

2014
FairFX Group plc IPO
FairFX Group plc IPO

FairFX Group PLC, a leading international payments and travel currency provider, successfully completed its IPO on the London Stock Exchange. Jason Drummond, Founder and Executive Chairman Market capitalisation of the Company at admission £30.5 million.

2006
Founders Forum (Inaugural meeting)
Founders Forum (Inaugural meeting)

Founders Forum – November 2006

Coms plc – IPO – Admission to AIM
Coms plc – IPO – Admission to AIM

Jason Drummond, Founder and Executive Chairman Market Capitalisation of the Enlarged Group £7.9 million

2002
RegistryPro to jointly bid with Register.com for .pro domain name
RegistryPro to jointly bid with Register.com for .pro domain name

In October 2000 Jason Drummond came up with the concept for a new top level domain name (TLD) and established RegistryPro to jointly bid with Register.com for .pro. In May 2002 RegistryPro signed its contract with the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), the organization that administers global domain names, under which it will operate the registry for the new top level domain (TLD) .pro.

2001
Internet Magazine – The UK Top 50
Internet Magazine – The UK Top 50

Drummond’s hosting company continues to expand with international offices.

2000
THE SUNDAY TIMES – My First Break
THE SUNDAY TIMES – My First Break

The playground games deals that funded a net empire Jason Drummond’s Virtual Internet group can be traced back to schooldays – and a smart early investment in Amstrad shares. By Mark Stretton

Internet Magazine – Top UK 50
Internet Magazine – Top UK 50

Jason Drummond The country’s 377th richest man.

The Observer Magazine – The Young Rich
The Observer Magazine – The Young Rich

They’re British, they’re under 30, and they’re all worth a fortune. They are British, aged 30 or under and worth a combined £5.6bn. Now in its second year, the Young Rich survey reflects the massive change in the scale of wealth in the UK – many of the entrepreneurs on this list had not launched their companies 12 months ago and are now ‘paper’ millionaires.

The Observer
The Observer

The Observer – Sunday 12 March 2000

THE SUNDAY TIMES – RICH LIST
THE SUNDAY TIMES – RICH LIST

JASON DRUMMOND Internet services £80m ★ 377th=

BBC Newsnight panel with Jason Drummond
BBC Newsnight panel with Jason Drummond

BBC Newsnight with Jeremy Paxman and Jason Drummond in the Janauary 2000 discussing e-commerce. Who was right?!

1999
The Guardian – Follow me
The Guardian – Follow me

Net entrepreneur Jason Drummond announced his second business venture yesterday as Angus Deayton provided media glamour to launch coms.com

Internet Business – Virtual Millionaires
Internet Business – Virtual Millionaires

Virtual Millionaires Jason Drummond is one of the new breed of Internet entrepreneurs Millionaires who put success before money They are the wealthiest entrepreneurs of the electronic age, the driving force behind the new e-conomy. So what drives them? By Tim Wilson and Matthew Brown

The Sun Newspaper – MILLIONAIRES.COM
The Sun Newspaper – MILLIONAIRES.COM

These Internet tycoons run firms worth £2.3bn and are all under 30

MicroScope – HEADS AND TALES
MicroScope – HEADS AND TALES

Big money talks at any age CEO of Virtual Internet Jason Drummond was not your average teenager-he’d started up his own business at the age of 15. Simon Quicke speaks with the man who saw the potential in the humble fax machine

SUNDAY BUSINESS – What’s in a name?
SUNDAY BUSINESS – What’s in a name?

Keeping tabs on the website name game .com company that’s doing its bit to police the internet by Carl Franklin INTERNET CORRESPONDENT

The Observer Magazine – The Young Rich
The Observer Magazine – The Young Rich

The Young Rich: the UK’s wealthiest twentysomethings revealed in a 24-page special The entrepreneurs Meet Britain’s next generation of entrepreneurs they’re young, gifted and rich. Whether in new media, computer software, sport or crime, they are all, so to speak, ‘making a killing’, says Tom O’Sullivan

Daily Mail – Young millionaires who strike it rich in their twenties
Daily Mail – Young millionaires who strike it rich in their twenties

Singing all the way to the bank: Jason Drummond, Emma Bunton and, left, Gary Barlow By NICK CRAVEN

Business Age – Untold wealth
Business Age – Untold wealth

Jason Drummond made his first profit as a teenager by selling some Amstrad shares he owned. He sold at the peak when Alan Sugar’s star was at its brightest. With the proceeds he started his own company.

THE TIMES – Young IT entrepreneur takes on cyber-pirates
THE TIMES – Young IT entrepreneur takes on cyber-pirates

Firms are heeding advice to secure their domain names from profit-snatchers Young IT entrepreneur takes on cyber-pirates Man in black : Jason Drummond, swashbuckling virtual buccaneer

FINALIST – ENTREPRENEUR OF THE YEAR AWARDS
FINALIST – ENTREPRENEUR OF THE YEAR AWARDS

HONOURING THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHOSE VISION, DETERMINATION AND INSPIRATION HAVE BUILT STRONG, INNOVATIVE, DYNAMIC BUSINESS VENTURES THIS FINALIST’S CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED TO: Jason Drummond Virtual Internet plc

1998
THE DAILY TELEGRAPH – Jason’s golden interface
THE DAILY TELEGRAPH – Jason’s golden interface

Jason’s golden interface The man who started out selling software as a Saturday job now runs a multi-million pound internet company The Kate Rankine Interview

1997
THE TIMES – How to avoid tricksters in name game
THE TIMES – How to avoid tricksters in name game

How to avoid tricksters in name game Drummond : Few legal precedents have been set