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Rupert Ashe (VideoJug Corporation) Rupert Ashe ACA (47) is an entrepreneur operating in the media and retail sectors. After working at Deloitte’s, in 1991 he co-founded Focus Communications, an investor relations company, which he subsequently sold to Grey Advertising in 1998. In 2002, he helped to establish the UK & Eire operations of Build-A-Bear Workshop®, the NYSE-listed entertainment retailer, which was subsequently sold as part of a $41m transaction in April 2006. In 2006 he helped to found and raise capital for VideoJug Corporation, which has since become the world’s most popular on-demand self-help video website with 37,000 information-based films and over 4 million monthly users on www.videojug.com and its partner channels. He also runs a management consultancy, Wall House Consulting, which advises media and retail companies on realising value through the sale, merger or MBO of their businesses. During his career, he has been involved in over 50 fundraisings/IPOs and M&As as either an IR or corporate finance adviser or as a principal.
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