Joseph Tartakoff
Dec 9, 2010 12:45 PM
Bebo co-founder Michael Birch, who made a fortune from the sale of the social network to AOL (NYSE: AOL) two and a half years ago, is once again investing in the site. AOL sold Bebo to private equity firm Criterion Capital Partners this summer; Criterion now says Birch is joining…
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Rafat Ali
Jul 9, 2009 11:16 PM
Michael Birch, the founder of Bebo who made gazillions handing it over to AOL (NYSE: TWX) and leaving with the deal, has *so much money* he doesn’t know what to do with it, so he does the next best thing: launch a digital media fund. We had some details on…
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Robert Andrews
Sep 8, 2008 2:07 AM
Bebo founder Michael Birch has laid pretty low since the teen social net’s exit to AOL (NYSE: TWX) in March, even lower than he was usually - $850 million can buy you a lot of relaxation. But now the English serial entrepreneur is getting back in the saddle, as an…
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Robert Andrews
Apr 22, 2008 4:57 AM
Though he no doubt took a healthy slice of that $850 million, Bebo’s English co-founder Michael Birch went to ground when AOL (NYSE: TWX) bought the site in March - and he’s still keeping schtum on the deal. Appearing to speak at a Glasshouse event in his adopted home town…
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