Sara Elizabeth Murray (born November 1968) is a British entrepreneur and

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woman who developed

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, a miniaturised tracking device for vulnerable people. She is member of the British Government’s Technology Strategy Board and Seedcamp - an organisation to jumpstart the entrepreneurial community in the UK and

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Education

Born in

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in November 1968, Murray went to

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and then read

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and

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Awards

Murray was named Entrepreneur of the Year at the 2009

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. In 2008, Murray was a finalist in the Blackberry Awards for Women in Technology and a finalist in the Real Business First Woman Awards. She was appointed

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(OBE) in the 2012 Birthday Honours for services to entrepreneurship and innovation.

References

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