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Julie Meyer
UK-based American businesswoman From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Julie Marie Meyer is an American businesswoman.
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Early life and education
Meyer was born in Dearborn, Michigan.[1]
Career
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Meyer moved to London in 1998 and worked at NewMedia Investors (later Spark Ventures) for one year.[2] In the same year, Meyer co-founded First Tuesday, a forum to connect entrepreneurs with investors, which was sold in 2000[2][3][4] before being dissolved in 2001[5]
In August 2000, Meyer founded the investment advisory firm Ariadne Capital.[2] In 2010, Ariadne Capital launched the Ariadne Capital Entrepreneurs (ACE) Fund,[6] which has since been dissolved.[7]
In 2009, she was a panelist in the online version of Dragon's Den.[6] In 2010, Meyer was selected as one of 26 business people tasked with advising the British government on its business policies to encourage entrepreneurship in the United Kingdom.[8]
In 2012, Meyer was part of an advisory committee led by entrepreneur James Caan called StartUp Loans that was funded with £82.5 million.[9] In 2015, Ariadne Capital was ordered to pay £50,000 after a contract dispute related to StartUp Loans was heard in court.[10] In 2016, Ariadne paid a £64,500.90 judgment as ordered after a contract dispute with a former employee.[11]
In 2014, Ariadne Capital hired the public relations firm Lansons Communications.[12] A Lansons employee contacted Wikipedia and the communication was posted on the Talk page of the Julie Meyer article.[12][13] Ariadne filed a lawsuit against Lansons for more than £100,000 in damages, and Lansons counterclaimed for about £76,000 in unpaid fees.[12] The litigation settled with an undisclosed sum paid to Lansons.[14]
In April 2018, a summons was not successfully served on Meyer in a case in Malta where Meyer claimed to be attempting to pay employees, and her attorney confirmed the money was available and would be paid.[15] By May 2018, the summons continued to not be successfully served on Meyer, and the Malta court indicated the case would continue until Meyer or her co-defendant appeared for a criminal case, regardless of whether the payments were made.[16]
On 11 May 2018 the Malta Financial Services Authority (MFSA) suspended the investment services license of Ariadne Capital Malta Limited with immediate effect, alleging multiple "serious breaches of license conditions".[17][18]
Since 2018, Meyer is sole director of Viva investment Partners AG, a company registered in Switzerland,[19] managing a UK-registered investment vehicle with negative shareholder equity.[20]
In February 2022, Meyer was sentenced to a six-month suspended sentence by the High Court in the UK, following a judgment of contempt of court for failure to appear in court hearings and follow court orders in a case brought by attorneys Farrer & Co, based on allegations of unpaid fees.[21] Meyer unsuccessfully appealed the suspended sentence.[22]
On 2 August 2025, she the UK Cabinet Office made her forfeit her Member of the Order of the British Empire, for "bringing the honours system into disrepute"[23].
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Awards and honours
- 2000: EY Entrepreneur of the Year - UK winners[24]
- 2002: WEF/Global Leaders for Tomorrow[25]
- 2011: Member of the Order of the British Empire for Services to Entrepreneurship, forfeited in 2025 for "Bringing the Honours System into Disrepute".
- 2014: Honorary Degree from Warwick University, revoked in 2022[26].
- 2020: Bronze Stevie Award from the Stevie Award For Women in Business[27]
- 2020: Globee CEO World Awards[28]
Works and publications
Book
- Meyer, Julie (2012). Welcome to Entrepreneur Country. New York: Constable & Robinson. ISBN 978-1-780-33896-5. OCLC 795120035.<ref>Reviews for Welcome to Entrepreneur Country
Talks
- Meyer, Julie (22 November 2011). "TEDxBrussels - Julie Meyer - Entrepreneurs 2061". TEDx Brussels.
- Meyer, Julie (10 December 2012). "The Art of Entrepreneurship: Julie Meyer at TEDxSalford". TEDx Salford.
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