Cornwell Simon

Cornwell Simon

Chief Executive Officer at The Ink Factory Ltd.

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Simon has 30 years experience in TMT and Media, as well as 12 years as a technology VC Partner.
Simon is currently Founder & CEO at The Ink Factory, a leading digital film production company founded in 2010 in London and Los Angeles.
The Ink Factory is best known for global television hit ‘The Night Manager’ and for 2019 feature film ‘Fighting With My Family’, starring Florence Pugh and Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson.
The Ink Factory also co-founded LA-based games studio Giant Squid with one of the industry’s top talents, Matt Nava.
Giant Squid is the creator of Abzu and the forthcoming The Pathless, which debuts at the core of Apple Arcade, as well as on the Epic store and PS4.
Simon came to The Ink Factory from top European VC firm Amadeus Capital Partners, where he was a Senior Partner and sat on the Investment Committee.
Simon oversaw a number of investments in technology, communications and media, and exits included two IPOs and successful sales to Samsung and Marvell.
Prior to that he was the founder and CEO of Two Way TV, a pioneering company in the field of interactive TV.
Simon’s very first outing in the media world was as captain of his college’s University Challenge team.
They lost ignominiously in the first round, cutting short a stellar TV career.
Simon sits on Hiro’s Investment Committee and brings investment wisdom from an non-executive point of view.
Simon sits on Hiro’s Investment Committee and brings investment wisdom from an non-executive point of view.

Cornwell Simon active positions

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Chairman 2011-06-02
Old Leaf Productions Ltd. Director/Board Member 2011-07-26
Xelerated Holding AB Corporate Officer/Principal 2011-07-26
Chief Executive Officer 2009-12-31
Director/Board Member 2017-08-16
Director/Board Member 2015-02-24
Private Equity Investor 2019-03-31
Director/Board Member 2017-08-16
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University of Oxford Graduate Degree
Yale University Graduate Degree

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