Thomas Whitfield (entrepreneur)
British/German biochemist and entrepreneur (born 1981)
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Thomas Whitfield (born 30 November 1981) is a British-German biochemist and entrepreneur. He is known for the dietary supplement TRX2 and his contributions to DesignTheTime.com.[1][2]
Thomas Whitfield | |
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| Born | 30 November 1981 (age 44) |
| Education | Christ Church, University of Oxford (DPhil (PhD)) |
| Occupations | biochemist, entrepreneur |
| Known for | The development of dietary supplement TRX2 |
Biography
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]
Business ventures
Designthetime.com
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]
Oxford BioLabs
In 2009 Whitfield founded the company Oxford BioLabs. In 2011, its first product, a dietary supplement known as TRX2, became publicly available.[1][2]