Andy Hobsbawm established the first international Internet agency in 1994 and was a founding director of leading British new media company Online Magic which merged with Agency.com in 1997. He is currently European Chairman of Agency.com and co-founder of Green Thing. He is the son of noted British historian Eric J. Hobsbawm.

Career Highlights

• Created the world's first commercial eZine, PowerPC News, with Internet Publishing(1993)
• Co-founded Online Magic, the first international online agency (1995)
• Broke new ground with interactive UK election coverage in 1997. Online Magic launched a groundbreaking original interactive content production 'GE97' covering the UK general elections online, which the Financial Times called: "a watershed for the Web in this country".
• Weekly columnist about the new economy for the Financial Times
• A member of GartnerG2's first online advertising advisory board.
• Published a widely acclaimed report on the global impact of communications technologies: 10 Years On: The State of the Internet a decade after Mosaic(2003)
• Currently writing ?Small is the Next Big Thing ? the Size and Shape of Commerce and Culture?
• Launched environmental community Green Thing in October 2007

Accolades

• Recognised by industry professionals as one of most influential 100 individuals who have most contributed to the development and growth of e-commerce and the Internet in the UK over the last decade and also received a Special Lifetime Achievement Award in 2005
• Voted New Media Innovator of the Year and named by industry peers as one of the most admired digital pioneers in Campaign Magazine
• Featured as one of the Top 50 Internet Professionals in the UK for Internet Business Magazine.
• Featured in 20/20 Hindsight: From Starting Up to Successful Entrepreneur, by Those Who've Been There (Virgin Business Guides) (2002)

Partial Publication list

• "Phone a foreigner" (2003)
• 10 Years On: The State of the Internet a decade after Mosaic(2003)
• Ultimate Telecoms Futures (contributed one chapter)