Malcolm Bell (entrepreneur)

Malcolm Stuart Bell (born December 1981) is a British businessman, best known as co-founder of Zaggora, a sportswear company valued at £100M according to the Evening Standard.[1][2][3] He has received several awards including the Orange National Business Awards in 2012.[4][5] He has been a speaker at various events including TED (conference), Barclays, Facebook, Saïd Business School and Retail Week.[6][7] He also mentors aspiring entrepreneurs through the New Entrepreneurs Foundation and Seedcamp.[8][9][10]

Malcolm Bell
Born
Malcolm Stuart Bell

December 1981 (age 38)
OccupationBusinessman
Known forco-founder, Zaggora
Spouse(s)Dessi Bell
Parent(s)Sir Stuart Bell

Early life

Malcolm Stuart Bell was born in December 1981,[11] the son of British politician Sir Stuart Bell.[12]

Career

Bell began working as a website designer for local companies at age 15. In 2005, he graduated from the London School of Economics, and started working in investment management.

In 2011 he co-founded Zaggora alongside his wife, entrepreneur Dessi Bell.[13]

Bell left Zaggora in 2013, and in 2014 he founded Mailcloud, a cloud tech business that raised 2.8m in committed capital from Octopus Holdings Limited, Bessemer Venture Partners, Kima Ventures, and Seedcamp. Bell has spoken at events for Google, Facebook, Barclays, TED, the Harvard Business School, and others. He mentors portfolio companies at Seedcamp.[14][15]

Controversies

On 31 August 2001 Malcolm Bell stole more than £2,000 from MP George Galloway while working for his father as a House of Commons researcher, he used four stolen blank cheques. He made out one check for £1,778 and used it to buy an egyptian figurine over the internet posing as Doctor Mustafa. When Police searched his premises on 7 November they found the Egyptian figurine.[16]

gollark: *should really get a second monitor*
gollark: Really? An entire screenfull of imports?
gollark: I've not seen it before; looks interesting.
gollark: Not really related: https://esolangs.org/wiki/WHY
gollark: I mean, yes, it *kind of makes a bit of sense*, but it's really unintuitive.

References
  1. "'Sweat and tweets made our sports clothing into £100m hot property'". The Evening Standard.
  2. "A start-up that is fit for purpose". Financial Times.
  3. "How to make your millions on Facebook". SME Insider.
  4. "Zaggora HotPants Founder Malcolm Bell Says He Owes Success To His Wife". Huffington Post.
  5. "'Sweat and tweets made our sports clothing into £100m hot property'". Evening Standard.
  6. "2016 Conference". Oxford Inspires.
  7. "Disney failed, and here's why you should too". Hot Topics.
  8. "Shifting to High-Tech Gear". Wall Street Journal.
  9. "Dessislava Bell and Malcolm Bell: Zaggora". Startups.
  10. "Malcolm Bell". Seedcamp.
  11. "Malcolm Stuart BELL - Personal Appointments (free information from Companies House)". beta.companieshouse.gov.uk. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
  12. Langdon, Julia (14 October 2012). "Sir Stuart Bell obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
  13. "Dessi Bell: I 'Googled up' my hotpants business Zaggora". The Telegraph.
  14. "Malcolm Bell". Seedcamp.
  15. "Is Your Business Good or Great". National Business Awards.
  16. "MP's son admits theft charge". 2002. Retrieved 2018-01-21.
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