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Thomas Whitfield | |
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| Born | 30 November 1981 (age 43) |
| Alma mater | Christ Church, University of Oxford (DPhil (PhD)) |
| Occupation(s) | biochemist, entrepreneur |
Thomas Whitfield (born 30 November 1981) is a British and German biochemist and entrepreneur. He is known for the dietary supplement TRX2 and his contributions to DesignTheTime.com. [1] [2]
Whitfield was born in Kirkcaldy, Scotland. [1] [2] He spent his childhood and early schooling in Germany. [1] Whitfield holds a DPhil in Biochemistry from Christ Church, University of Oxford. [3] [4]
Whitfield was a co-founder and director of DesignTheTime.com (later called Miomi.com) which plots user-generated personal histories. [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] The website garnered media attention throughout Europe and was ranked as one of the Top 10 UK Web 2.0 startups in 2007. [13] The website went offline in 2008 for unknown reasons.[ citation needed ]
In 2009 Whitfield founded the company Oxford BioLabs. In 2011, its first product, a dietary supplement known as TRX2, became publicly available. [1] [2]
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