 | A major contributor to this article appears to have a close connection with its subject.(February 2015) |
Ted Nash | |
|---|---|
| Born | 25 March 1991 |
| Occupation | Businessman |
| Years active | 2005–present |
| Website | tednash |
Ted Nash (born 1991) is an English businessman who is best known for launching the site Little Gossip [1] Nash is also known for developing various apps and websites. [2]
In 1991, Edward John Nash was born in Taunton, Somerset, United Kingdom to parents Andy and Linda. [3]
In 2010, Nash launched Little Gossip, a controversial site that allows users to anonymously post rumours about their school peers. The site was subject to public criticism from parents, teachers and school administrators. [4] The website also received coverage from BBC Panorama [5] and BBC Radio. [6] It was sold to Platinum Century in 2011.
In 2013, Nash founded Tapdaq, a mobile advertising exchange [7] and acts as the company's CEO. [8] Tapdaq raised $1.4 million in capital in 2014 to fund commercialisation of its in-app advertising exchange. [9]
Nash is CEO of Liquid5 with Fit or Fugly app allowed iPhone users to calculate the attractiveness of the human face using Fibonacci's golden ratio. [10] It judges the symmetry of the face in an uploaded photo based on the key anchor points of nose, mouth, ears, chin and eyes. [11]
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