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Hermann Hauser
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A cofounder of Amadeus Capital Partners Limited, Hermann
has a long history of success as a venture capitalist and
entrepreneur. Companies he founded or co-founded include Acorn
Computers, Active Book Company, Virata, Net Products, NetChannel,
and Cambridge Network Limited. He was a founder director of
IQ (Bio), IXI Limited, Vocalis, SynGenix, Advanced Displays
Limited, Electronic Share Information Limited and E*Trade
UK. However, Hermann’s influence on the European computer
and technology industry cannot be reflected in lists. Thanks
to his work in the nascent personal computer industry in the
UK in the 1980s, through his work at Acorn Computers and as
Vice President of research at Olivetti, Hermann has been instrumental
in a vast range of industry developments.
At Amadeus, Hermann continues to oversee a broad range of
early and later stage developing technology companies, providing
the benefit of his experience of turning scientific advances
into real-world technology products to a new generation of
entrepreneurs.
Hermann holds an MA in Physics from Vienna University and
a PhD in Physics from the Cavendish Laboratory at King’s College,
Cambridge. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Physics and
of the Royal Academy of Engineering, an Honorary Fellow of
King’s College, Cambridge. Hermann holds honorary doctorates
from the Universities of Bath, Loughborough and from Anglia
Polytechnic, and was awarded an Honorary CBE for “innovative
service to the UK enterprise sector” in 2001.
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