Jeremy Simon Hall (born 27 January 1965) is a British businessman and chairman of Who's Who Publications Plc.
Wyse Leasing
Hall founded Wyse Leasing in 1989, a computer leasing company. Originally based out of
Chesham, Wyse Leasing grew into a £65m turnover company, employing 75 people and based out of eight offices (
Chesham,
Tunbridge Wells,
Northampton
Northampton () is a market town and civil parish in the East Midlands of England, on the River Nene, north-west of London and south-east of Birmingham. The county town of Northamptonshire, Northampton is one of the largest towns in England; ...
,
Sheffield,
Taunton,
Edinburgh,
Dublin,
Daventry) in the UK and Ireland.
Hall and his business partner, Wayne Fowkes sold Wyse Leasing plc to Integrity Software Inc, a
NASDAQ
The Nasdaq Stock Market () (National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations Stock Market) is an American stock exchange based in New York City. It is the most active stock trading venue in the US by volume, and ranked second ...
quoted IT company, in 1998. He joined the board of the company, which in June 2000 had a stock market valuation of $150m. He later bought the company back in 2000.
Wyse Leasing (North) Limited was sold to a private investor and the management team in November 2006. The rest of Wyse Leasing was merged into one company in 2007 and later sold to CHG Meridian, a 700m
euro German IT leasing company in July 2009.
Who's Who
Hall is currently chairman of Who's Who Publications Plc (sometimes mistaken for the book ''Who's Who'' published since 1849 by
A & C Black
A & C Black is a British book publishing company, owned since 2002 by Bloomsbury Publishing. The company is noted for publishing '' Who's Who'' since 1849. It also published popular travel guides and novels.
History
The firm was founded in 18 ...
), a non-executive director of Manchester-based mergers and acquisitions firm Frazer Hall and CEO of asset finance organisation WestWon Ltd.
WestWon
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References
External links
Confessions of a Serial Entrepreneur
Fraser Hall
Leasing Life
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British businesspeople
1965 births
Living people