Ben Woldring

Infobox Person
name = Ben Woldring

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caption = Ben Woldring at a younger age.
birth_date = birth date and age|1985|02|06
birth_place = Groningen
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occupation = internet entrepreneur
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Ben Woldring (born February 6, 1985 in Groningencite news | last = de Bie | first = Eric | title = Respect dwing je af als mensen zien dat je lef hebt | work = Brabants Dagblad | language = Dutch | date = 2006-07-08 | accessdate = 2006-02-28] ) is a Dutch internet entrepreneur and millionaire from Usquert who first rose to fame in the fall of 1998 when, for a school assignment, he made a website where consumers could compare prices for mobile phone services. As a result, he appeared on television programmes like Kassa and the Jeugdjournaal. In 1999, the website Bellen.com registered its 100,000th visitor; a year later, Woldring started the company Bencom B.V. and hired his mother as an employee. In 2003, he won Ernst & Young's Entrepreneur of the Year Award and on November 14, 2006 he was named the best European Entrepreneur under 25 by Business Week.cite web | last = Reinhardt | first = Andy | title = Europe's Best Young Entrepreneurs | work = Business Week | date = November 14, 2006 | url = http://www.businessweek.com/globalbiz/content/nov2006/gb20061114_733755.htm | format = | doi = | accessdate = 2007-02-28] He is also an ambassador for the Beatrix Kinderkliniek in Groningen and the Stichting voor het Gehandicapte Kind. As of February 2007, he owns 8 price comparison websites.

Woldring also wrote an autobiography, "Ik Ben Internet-ondernemer!", published in 2000, in which he describes his life, explains his work and also gives advice.cite news | last = Hooghiemstra | first = Daniela | title = E-wonder te Usquert | work = NRC Handelsblad | language = Dutch | date = January 20, 2001 | url = http://www.nrc.nl/W2/Nieuws/2001/01/20/Vp/z.html | accessdate = 2007-02-28]

References

External links

* [http://www.benwoldring.nl Ben Woldring's official website]