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2 nominations from readers

• He has a big heart, brings a sense of fun into the work he does, encourages his team and everyone he meets along the way to work to their full potential. He is inspiring and has been generating sostainable social change since he was 17!

  Nominated by Lily Lapenna, 16 March 2008

• He’s overcome so many hurdles to get here. Most would have given up long ago.

  He’s creative and ambitious. The solutions he provides to big problems often seem so simple you wonder why no-one has never thought of them before.

  He has set up and run 3 social enterprises, sits on the board of 2 others and is a school governor promoting enterprise to kids with low aspirations.

  He set up an intern scheme that genuinely helps develop young people and gives them the experience they need to get a job in the charity sector

  He’s proven that charities can compete with big business when it comes to IT

  He’s passionate about changing education, and promoting learning via action, not just reading about it

  He enjoys mentoring others and promoting social enterprise, he’s helped in one way or another with about a dozen over the years

  Because he should be earning a fortune running a dotcom (or two) but he’s chosen to do something different.

  Nominated by Emma Coyle, 18 May 2008

2 comments from readers

• I very much admire Henry. Has has his heart in the right place, and through his work brings great benefits to a massive number of children throughout the world. He brings a top level business brain to these issues, and develops fantastic solutions which are truly innovative and in a materalistic self-centred world, is a impressive character with a refreshingly positive attitude deriving true social change and benefit.

  Submitted by Simon Tindall, 14 May 2008

• Thank you guys, that's very kind of you.

  Emma - nice to know you know my age - I'm 29! Technically a young entrepreneur still, just!

  OK now I feel old...

  Submitted by henry, 18 May 2008