Michael Birch born 6 July 1970 in Cheshunt, Hertfordshire is an English computer programmer and entrepreneur. Michael attended Imperial College London where he studied for a BSc in Physics (1988-1991). Michael is married to Xochi Birch. Together with Michael's brother Paul they founded BirthdayAlarm. com and with Morgan Sowden they founded Ringo. com (which was sold to tickle. com in 2003).

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  • Michael Birch born 6 July 1970 in Cheshunt, Hertfordshire is an English computer programmer and entrepreneur. Michael attended Imperial College London where he studied for a BSc in Physics (1988-1991). Michael is married to Xochi Birch. Together with Michael's brother Paul they founded BirthdayAlarm. com and with Morgan Sowden they founded Ringo. com (which was sold to tickle. com in 2003). He later founded the online social networking website Bebo with the help of his wife Xochi Birch in January 2005 with a major launch in July 2005. Today, Bebo has over 45 million registered users and has surpassed MySpace in many countries and is currently the sixth most popular site in the UK, bigger than AOL, Amazon. co. uk and bbc. co. uk. Michael and Xochi Birch sold Bebo to AOL in March 2008 for USD 850 million. Their combined 70% stake yielded a profit of $595 million from the deal. In June 2008, Michael invested in, and joined the board of, MyStore. com along with Julian Lennon and Gordon Crawford.
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  • Michael Birch born 6 July 1970 in Cheshunt, Hertfordshire is an English computer programmer and entrepreneur. Michael attended Imperial College London where he studied for a BSc in Physics (1988-1991). Michael is married to Xochi Birch. Together with Michael's brother Paul they founded BirthdayAlarm. com and with Morgan Sowden they founded Ringo. com (which was sold to tickle. com in 2003).
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