TOPICS
Technology
Customer Service
LANGUAGES SPOKEN
English
Brent Hoberman
Brent Hoberman co-founded lastminute.com in April 1998, with Martha Lane Fox, in the living room of his London flat three years after having drafted the initial idea. Brent was 29 and Martha was just 25. Lastminute.com offers consumers airline tickets, car hire, hotel rooms, package holidays, entertainment tickets, restaurant reservations, home delivery, speciality services, gifts and auctions.
Brent Hoberman's initial vision remains unchanged - ‘to delight customers with great value, inspiration and solutions when they are going away, going out or staying in.’
The company floated in March 2000 when the dotcom bubble was at its peak. Seven years on the company is the number one travel website in Europe and was acquired by Travelocity Europe for $1.1 billion, a division of Sabre Holdings Corporation on 20th July 2005.
Brent Hoberman remained CEO of lastminute.com through 2005, until April 2006 when he handed over the CEO position to Ian McCaig. He now holds the position of chairman and chief strategic officer of lastminute.com. Brent’s entrepreneurial vision ensures the lastminute.com customer experience is continually enhanced by the latest innovations in technology.