In 2000 at the age of 26, Seb Bishop founded Espotting, the company that pioneered Pay-Per-Click Advertising and search marketing in the UK. He successfully expanded Espotting across Europe before merging the company with US based FindWhat.com in 2004 in a deal which valued the company at $186m. Today, Seb is President and CMO of MIVA (NASDAQ:MIVA) – the new name for Espotting/FindWhat.com.

In addition to being on the board of MIVA, Seb is also a non-executive director of Future plc (London Stock Exchange: FUTR), the international special interest media group; is Chairman of the board of Steak Media, one of the fastest growing digital marketing agencies; and is a non-executive board member of AdJug, a new Internet advertising marketplace. A leading UK entrepreneur, Seb provides angel funding and guidance to innovative digital start-ups and he is also involved in a Channel 4 project, Millionaires’ Mission, which looks at whether Western entrepreneurial skills can help bring sustainable relief from poverty to communities in Uganda.