Gillian Tett in conversation with Co-Founder and Executive Chairman of Founders Factory Brent Hoberman
Join King’s College Provost Gillian Tett for a conversation with Co-Founder and Executive Chairman of Founders Factory Brent Hoberman.
Brent Hoberman is Co-Founder and Executive Chairman of Founders Factory (global venture studios, seed programmes and accelerator programmes), Founders Forum Group (global community of founders, corporates and tech leaders), and firstminute capital ($500m seed fund with global remit, backed by over 130 unicorn founders). Previously, Brent co-founded Made.com in 2010. He left before it went public in 2021 at a valuation of $1.1bn. Brent also co-founded lastminute.com in 1998 where he was CEO from its inception and sold it in 2005 to Sabre for $1.1bn. Brent has backed 11 unicorns at Seed stage and technology businesses Brent has co-founded have raised over $1bn.
Gillian Tett is the Provost of King’s College and a member of the FT Editorial Board. She writes weekly columns, covering a range of economic, financial, political and social issues and co-founded Moral Money, the FT sustainability newsletter.
WHEN: Thursday, 27 Novemebr 2025
5.30 PM – 6.30 PM: Fireside discussion in Keynes Lecture Theatre
6.30 PM – 7.00 PM: Drinks reception and networking in King’s Bar
WHERE: King’s College, Cambridge
TICKETS: Ticket information will be released in late October.