Graham Goodkind

Graham Clifford Goodkind (born 18 January 1966)^{[citation needed]} is an English businessman.

Early life and education

Goodkind was born on 18 January 1966^{[citation needed]} in Dollis Hill, Willesden,^{[citation needed]} to Derek Goodkind,^{[citation needed]} a furrier and his wife Pessa.^{[citation needed]} Goodkind is an only child.^{[citation needed]} He was educated at the University College School, Hampstead^{[citation needed]} and then graduated from the London Metropolitan University, where he read Business Studies and Marketing.^{[citation needed]}

Career

After graduating, Goodkind took up the offer of work experience at Lynne Franks PR in December 1989.^{[citation needed]}. He got a full-time job as a trainee account executive at Lynne Franks PR after a month and in seven years worked his way up to the position of managing director.^{[citation needed]}

Goodkind subsequently left to set up an internet venture at the beginning of the dotcom boom called Funmail, later re-branded as another.com.^{[citation needed]} It offered free web-based email with many domains. Initially planning on listing on the AIM,^[1] the company instead accepted an offer instead from Eden, an investment company, to purchase a 20% stake for £6.5m, valuing the fledgling business at £31.25m.^[2] Graham, together with one other founder, sold his stake in the company a year later, before the dotcom bubble burst.^{[citation needed]}

In September 2000, Graham founded Frank PR.^[3]

Graham is also a board member of Camden Town Unlimited,^[4] a business improvement district in Camden.