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Jamie Waller

Jamie Waller has founded five businesses and sold two, including JBW Group. He chairs fintech Just and wrote Unsexy Business and The Dyslexic Entrepreneur.

Founder, Firestarters

About Jamie

Jamie left school with few qualifications and founded JBW Group in 2004. He sold it to Japan's Outsourcing Inc. in 2017, along with Hito, the technology business he had started alongside it.

He then founded Firestarters, an investment firm built by founders for founders, and chairs Just, the fintech. In 2020 he founded The Prince's Trust Enterprise Network.

Jamie is the author of Unsexy Business and The Dyslexic Entrepreneur, and makes time for adventure and the causes close to him.

At a glance

  • Founded JBW Group, 2004; sold 2017
  • Founded Firestarters
  • Chair of Just
  • Author, Unsexy Business
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