Medium Length Bio
Michael Jackson joined Mangrove Capital Partners as a Partner in 2007, after a 25 years career in the Telecom industry. During those years, he had the opportunity to work for, grow and start a dozen different businesses.
At Mangrove, his first role is to lead the company’s effort in the Mobile space. As well as big ideas, Michael searches for the passion, drive and ambition in a founding team, and a genuine reason why they believe they can dominate their sector. He also uses his previous experience in fast-growing environments to help companies scale and develop their revenue-generating activities.
Michael grew up in the UK. Upon completing his graduate training at the BBC, he launched into startup land, as lead engineer at the first competitive phone company in the UK, which sold to Vodafone. After this he moved to Denmark, and launched nine mobile operations and two ISPs across Europe with Tele2. All were high growth operations with millions of paying customers. Some were very successful, others less so. Michael then joined the founding team of Skype, which he had met at Tele2. As the Chief Operating Officer of the company, he was responsible for rapidly growing an idea into a well managed multi-million dollar business.
After 15 years living in Denmark, Michael now lives in Luxembourg, but travels every week and weekend around Europe to meet existing and potential companies. As well as Mangrove, he currently serves on the boards of Churchdesk, Echobox and Nimbuzz. Michael graduated with honours from University College London with a degree in Communications Engineering
Michael is a non-executive director of AXA UK PLC. AXA is amongst the world's largest insurance company.
Short Bio
Michael is Partner at Mangrove Capital Partners, working out of Luxembourg, , an active member of the European startup scene, and board member of several companies - ranging from new startups to AXA UK PLC. Michael has seen companies grow from zero to hundreds of millions in turnover, and notably led the operations and revenue generating activities of Skype for its first four years as COO. He leads significant work in the ICO space, calling for clear regulatory concepts that recognise the opportunities and enable safety. His position as a director of blockchain.com gives unique insight into the new crypto world.
Bio for tech Events
Michael has the technology background to love projects that bring together changes in technology with changes in business model. Tele2, MVNO, Skype were all successes, and he is convinced that future financial sector transformation through Blockchain and other initiatives will be ! Specialist in scaling and growing operations, as well as asking the right questions that allow business to excel through careful prioritisation.
