{{Short description|British businessman (born 1985)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} '''Dominic Edward Henry McVey''' (born February 1985)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/officers/1n1gh_osE2UxvSy8O7LxNa42H3g/appointments|title=Dominic Edward Henry MCVEY - Personal Appointments (free information from Companies House)|website=Beta.companieshouse.gov.uk|accessdate=7 December 2017}}</ref> is a British entrepreneur from London who started business at the age of 13, importing micro-scooters from the United States into the United Kingdom.
==Career== {{BLP sources section|date=July 2016}} The son of a percussionist with the Royal Shakespeare Company, McVey was a millionaire by age 15. As of 2011, he was worth £10 million (approx. US$15 million) according to the ''Sunday Times Rich List''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/passedfailed-an-education-in-the-life-of-dominic-mcvey-entrepreneur-and-millionaire-400302.html|title=Passed/Failed: An education in the life of Dominic McVey, entrepreneur|date=15 November 2007|website=Independent.co.uk|accessdate=7 December 2017}}</ref>
By the age of 18 he was appointed by the Queen as a "Pioneer for Britain in Entrepreneurism". He runs a portfolio of business interests from fashion and music to media and cosmetics. He is an adviser on entrepreneurship to the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment of the Irish Government. He has consulted for a wide group of institutions and organisations including the DTi and DfES, and was an independent trustee for the Landscape Institute.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.landscapeinstitute.org/news/four-new-trustees-come-on-board|title=Four new Trustees come on Board - News - Landscape Institute|website=Landscapeinstitute.org|accessdate=7 December 2017}}</ref>
In August 2009 it was reported in ''Marketing Week'' that McVey's business interests had expanded into magazine and website publishing, which includes the acquisition of men's lifestyle magazine ''Front'', making him the UK's youngest national magazine publisher. He and Francis Ridley co-own Kane, a publishing company.{{citation needed|date=December 2017}}
In 2009, McVey was named Britain's second most influential businessperson under the age of 30 in ''The Sunday Times''{{'}} "Top 30 power players under 30".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://women.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/women/celebrity/article6900887.ece?token=null&offset=36&page=4|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110615144728/http://women.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/women/celebrity/article6900887.ece?token=null&offset=36&page=4|url-status=dead|archive-date=15 June 2011|title=Women: Celebrity|website=Timesonline.co.uk|accessdate=2 March 2016}} {{subscription required|date=March 2016}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * [http://startups.co.uk/scooters-uk-dominic-mcvey Dominic McVey Interview]; startups.co.uk; accessed 30 March 2016. * [https://web.archive.org/web/20080503151604/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/2006/10/07/cbstar07.xml Starting Out], telegraph.co.uk * [https://www.questia.com/newspaper/1G1-75502901/i-ve-never-read-a-book-but-i-d-run-for-prime-minister "I've never read a book but I'd run for Prime Minister" (excerpt)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306193903/https://www.questia.com/newspaper/1G1-75502901/i-ve-never-read-a-book-but-i-d-run-for-prime-minister |date=6 March 2016 }}, ''The Evening Standard'' * [https://web.archive.org/web/20110615200118/http://women.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/women/families/article6820637.ece Relative Values], timesonline.co.uk {{subscription required}}
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