Richard Prout BSc is the Managing Director of 1791 Diamonds Ltd. This involves overseeing the activities of everyone from customer service staff to jewellers, diamond setters, diamond suppliers, the foundry, Internet developers, admin and finance staff. Luckily he has some 20 years experience of running businesses in the UK.
He attributes his success to having the great fortune of wonderful customers and wonderful employees! His key successes include:
Director of Kinesis: sold to Price Waterhouse Coopers for GBP 10m;
Founder of Smart-Groups, the precursor to today's social networks, sold to Freeserve/Dixons Retail for GBP 60m;
Founder of Solution Foundry Ltd, a boutique software company specialising in automated investment and trading software.
When he's not hard at work, you'll find Richard hard at play. He paraglides, kitesurfs, mountain bikes, and loves skiing when the season allows!
