Residence Alwoodley, Leeds, UK Name Martin Port Years active 1989–present Role Entrepreneur | Religion British-Jew Organizations founded Masternaut Spouse(s) Amanda Port | |
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Full Name Martin Harry Port Born 29 July 1962 (age 61) ( 1962-07-29 ) Leeds, UK Occupation CEO of BigChange Apps
Managing Director of Micronet Europe
Director at R2C Online Children Ben, Leah, Joseph and Joshua | ||
Entrepreneur martin port says farewell to friends and colleagues at masternaut
Martin Harry Port (born 29 July 1962) is an English entrepreneur, based in West Yorkshire, North of England. He is best known as the founder and former Managing Director of Masternaut UK Ltd - the UK expansion of French firm, Masternaut International, a telematics company specialising in fleet management and vehicle tracking services.
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- Entrepreneur martin port says farewell to friends and colleagues at masternaut
- Martin port introduces jobwatch powered by bigchange
- Early life
- Career Achievements
- References
At 48 years of age, Port was the majority shareholder in Masternaut UK Ltd until he sold the business to Hub Telecom, a subsidiary of Europe’s second largest Airport group, Aeroports De Paris (ADP) in 2009. At the time of the sale to ADP, the UK company had an enterprise value of £20m.
He is currently the CEO of BigChange Apps, a software company he started in 2012 to focus on developing technology solutions that improve how businesses manage and monitor their mobile workforces.
He is also currently the owner and Managing Director of Micronet Europe, a company that specialises in designing and building rugged mobile computers. His other current business endeavours include a directorship and shareholder position at R2C Online, a global compliance, service and asset management platform.
Martin port introduces jobwatch powered by bigchange
Early life
Martin Port was born into an Anglo-Jewish family in Leeds, West Yorkshire, North of England. He attended Moortown County Primary School and later attended Allerton Grange High School. At the age of 14, Martin had a Saturday job at Cecil Gee department store in their menswear department. At the age of 15, Martin started a small printing business with his friend, producing business cards for local companies around Leeds. In 1986, 24-year-old Martin Port moved to New York City in the United States to help a friend who had founded a German bakery business. Martin returned to the UK three years later and started his first business called Kroustie. Kroustie sold bread to retailers and wholesalers. This was founded with the support of a government enterprise allowance.
Career & Achievements
Martin founded the Masternaut UK business with hardware bought from French firm, Masternaut France, and began developing software from an operational centre in Leeds, UK. Masternaut UK was one of the first UK companies to offer software-as-a-service, with its web-based vehicle tracking solutions.
As the UK Managing Director, Martin took Masternaut UK from a small startup in 2002 to become one of the UK’s fastest growing businesses, with places in The Sunday Times Tech Track 100 in 2007, 2008 and 2009. Martin’s entrepreneurial endeavours were recognised in 2008 when he won the prestigious Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award for Technology and Communications, and in 2010, with an IoD Director of the Year Award as a Runner up "Highly Commended" in the Small and Medium Size Enterprise category. His company also attained a 2009 place in the Deloitte Technology Fast 500 EMEA. Martin Port also made headlines in 2009 having been chosen as one of Dell's 'Heroes' on their Take Your Own Path (TYOP) global campaign, which shun the light on extraordinary entrepreneurs.