# Alex Tew

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

## Career

Tew was raised in [Wiltshire, England](/source/Wiltshire). He began meditating when he was fourteen and he frequently read books about concentration, memory, and cognition. He attended a business management program at the [University of Nottingham](/source/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] He made a Flash game called [Sock and Awe](/source/Sock_and_Awe) in 2008, which was a gamified version of the [George W. Bush shoeing incident](/source/George_W._Bush_shoeing_incident).[citation needed] While he was the CEO of PopJam in 2011, he and developer Ben Dowling created a site called "Do Nothing For 2 Minutes".[3]

Tew moved to San Francisco and co-founded *[Calm](/source/Calm_(company))* with [Michael Acton Smith](/source/Michael_Acton_Smith) in 2012 and serves as CEO. The company operates a meditation app.[4][5][6][7][8][9][10]

## References

1. Pierce, Sarah (13 January 2006). ["The Million-Dollar Home Page"](https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/82936). *Entrepreneur*

1. Garone, Elizabeth. ["The man behind the million-dollar homepage"](https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20160914-the-man-behind-the-million-dollar-homepage). *BBC*. Retrieved 30 July 2021.

1. Tsotsis, Alexia (2011-01-21). ["Creator Of Million Dollar Homepage Makes Do Nothing For 2 Minutes"](https://techcrunch.com/2011/01/21/creator-of-million-dollar-homepage-makes-do-nothing-for-2-minutes/). *TechCrunch*. Retrieved 2023-12-22.

1. ["Alex Tew, Calm.com Inc: Profile and Biography"](https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/person/22076354). *Bloomberg.com*. Retrieved 2023-12-22.

1. ["Alex Tew, creator of the Million Dollar Homepage, wants you to keep calm"](https://www.wired.co.uk/article/visit-reload-and-refresh). *Wired UK*. Retrieved 30 July 2021.

1. ["Alex Tew"](https://smithandwilliamson.com/en/solutions/entrepreneurs/entrepreneurs-hall-of-fame/alex-tew/). *Smith & Williamson*. Retrieved 30 July 2021.

1. DiPiazza, Daniel (24 April 2017). ["This Entrepreneur Skipped College and Made $1,037,100 In Five Months"](https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/292422). *Entrepreneur*. Retrieved 30 July 2021.

1. Crockett, Zachary (12 May 2018). ["How the Million Dollar Homepage kid became the $250m app man"](https://thehustle.co/million-dollar-homepage-alex-tew). *The Hustle*

1. Jones, Callum. ["Keeping Calm and carrying on with a long-term ambition"](https://www.thetimes.com/business-money/markets/article/keeping-calm-and-carrying-on-with-a-long-term-ambition-qr7ggnh2v). Retrieved 30 July 2021.

1. Yiannopoulos, Milo. ["Is Alex Tew the most annoying man on the internet?"](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/8022539/Is-Alex-Tew-the-most-annoying-man-on-the-internet.html). *www.telegraph.co.uk*. Retrieved 30 July 2021.

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