Hugo Burge, a British businessman, has been the CEO of Cheapflights. Cheapflights Ltd is a private international online media ( dot-com) company based in London and Boston that operates a Travel website. (Born 6th April 1972)
He was educated at Bedales School, followed by Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge where he was a College Exhibitioner and graduated with a degree in Geography (MA). Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The city of Cambridge (ˈkeɪmbrɪdʒ is a university town and the administrative centre of the county of Cambridgeshire, England Geography (from Greek γεωγραφία - geografia) is the study of the Earth and its lands features inhabitants and phenomena In the Universities of Oxford, Cambridge and Dublin, the degree of Master of Arts or Master in Arts ( MA) is awarded to Bachelors After University he qualified as a Company Secretary (ICSA) and spent 4 years in property investment . Hugo remains a director of a collection of UK property companies.
In March 2000, Hugo led an offer to purchase Cheapflights from the Founder, John Hatt. This offer was merged with the consortia associated with David Soskin to jointly buy Cheapflights Hugo held a number of roles in Cheapflights from March 2000 onwards including Chief Operating Officer, President USA and finally Vice-Chairman where he represents the lead investor. In 2003 he moved to Boston, MA USA to found the Cheapflights' US website, Cheapflights.com. Cheapflights Ltd is a travel website company based in London and Boston. Despite being launched on a shoestring, Cheapflights. com has proved to be a commercial success and possibly one of the only UK websites to be successful in the United States. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located The United States of America —commonly referred to as the
In January 2007 he co-launched HOWZAT media LLP with fellow entrepreneur David Soskin, a US$10 million investment fund for start-up and early stage internet media companies. Hugo is an active participant in the London internet industry and a regular speaker at internet and travel events. He is on EyeForTravel's Panel of Advisors (2007).
Through his HOWZAT investment, Hugo is a director of investee companies Zoomf. com, a property vertical search dotcom and TrustedPlaces a reviews website for places to eat, drink and visit. He is an investor in the leading travel social networking site Where Are You Now - WAYN (WAYN. com) as well as being on their Panel of Advisors. Most recently he has launched hereorthere. com a site for sharing travel experience and offering travel inspiration.
Hugo is grandson of the notable London Barrister James Burge Q. C. who defended Stephen Ward in the then notorious "Profumo Affair". Stephen Thomas Ward ( 19 October 1912 &ndash 3 August 1963) was one of the central figures in the 1963 Profumo affair, a British The Profumo Affair was a political scandal from 1963 in the United Kingdom that is named after the then Secretary of State for War, John Profumo
Hugo is a member of the Royal Geographical Society. History Founding members of the Society include Sir John Barrow, Sir John Franklin and Francis Beaufort.