Oliver Bengough
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Oliver (Olly) Bengough (born February 1975){{Cite web|last=ltd|first=company check|title=MR OLIVER BENGOUGH director information. Free director information. Director id 912421072|url=http://companycheck.co.uk/director/912421072/MR-OLIVER-BENGOUGH/summary|access-date=2020-12-20|website=Company Check|language=en}} is a British entrepreneur and media mogul.{{cite web|last=Blaine|first=Ashley|title=Haute Media Mogul: Oliver Bengough|url=http://www.hauteliving.com/2010/09/haute-media-mogul-oliver-bengough/82506/|publisher=Haute Living|date=September 6, 2010}} He is best known for his transformation of the KOKO music venue in London, and as the founder of the broadcasting channel Cinémoi.{{cite web|last=Marechal|first=AJ|title=Movie net Cinemoi bows Monday on DirecTV|url=https://www.variety.com/article/VR1118059224/?refcatid=14|publisher=Variety|date=September 14, 2012}}
Career
Bengough opened his first bar “Lunasa” in 2000 at the age of 23{{cite web|last=Sullivan|first=Edward|title=Loveable lunacy at Lunasa|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/goingout/restaurants/loveable-lunacy-at-lunasa-7435602.html|publisher=London Evening Standard|date=October 25, 2000}} A year later, in 2001, Bengough founded the Mint Group, under which he would go on to launch 5 other venues across London.{{cite web|title=Expansion for the Mint Group|url=http://eatoutmagazine.co.uk/expansion-mint-group|publisher=Eat Out Magazine}}
In 2003, Bengough collaborated with Groove Armada to expand the Lovebox Music Festival from a small monthly club night, to a festival handling over 50,000 people per weekend.{{cite web|title=About Oliver (Olly) Bengough|url=http://about.me/oliverbengough}}
= The House of KOKO =
In 2022, Bengough opened The House of KOKO,{{Cite web |title=The House of KOKO |url=https://www.thehouseofkoko.com/ |access-date=2024-08-07 |website=www.thehouseofkoko.com}} following a three-year, £70-million overhaul of KOKO's backstage area.{{Cite web |last=Coke |first=Hope |date=2022-03-17 |title=The House of KOKO: London’s most thrilling new members’ club is finally unveiled |url=https://www.tatler.com/article/the-house-of-koko-new-members-club-london |access-date=2024-08-07 |website=Tatler |language=en-GB}}
The House of KOKO named by Tatler magazine 'London’s most thrilling new members’ club,{{Cite web |last=Coke |first=Hope |date=2022-03-17 |title=The House of KOKO: London’s most thrilling new members’ club is finally unveiled |url=https://www.tatler.com/article/the-house-of-koko-new-members-club-london |access-date=2024-08-07 |website=Tatler |language=en-GB}} is a private members club in Camden Town, London.
=KOKO=
In 2004, Bengough was introduced to a former theatre named Camden Palace that was at the time run down.{{cite web|last=Nukleuz|first=Frantic|title=Frantic presents A Brief History of KOKO|url=http://www.dontstayin.com/uk/london/koko/2007/aug/11/article-5843|publisher=Don't Stay In|date=August 11, 2007|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090824151705/http://www.dontstayin.com/uk/london/koko/2007/aug/11/article-5843|archivedate=August 24, 2009}} Bengough embarked on a multimillion-pound restoration process of the venue, which took more than six months to complete. The restoration process included all new technical facilities, enabling the scope of operations to be broadened to include live concert performances, club nights, corporate events and television production. {{cite web|title=Camden Palace reinvented as KoKo|url=http://www.designweek.co.uk/news/camden-palace-reinvented-as-koko/1102793.article|publisher=Design Week|date=August 5, 2004}} Reopened under the new name of KOKO, the club has hosted a number of high-profile events since and is a popular venue in London.{{cite web|title=Coldplay's album launch|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/standard-pictures/coldplays-album-launch-7332264.html|publisher=London Evening Standard|date=June 7, 2005}} The venue was closed in March 2019 for a major refurbishment. It was due to reopen in spring 2020, but a fire in January of that year caused damage to the roof of the building, pushing back plans to reopen it.{{Cite web|title=Koko owner 'deeply saddened' after venue damaged by fire|url=https://www.musicweek.com/live/read/koko-owner-deeply-saddened-after-venue-damaged-by-fire/078512|access-date=2020-12-20|website=www.musicweek.com|language=en}}{{Cite web|title=We’ll re-build dome, says Koko’s owner|url=http://camdennewjournal.com/article/well-re-build-dome-says-kokos-owner|access-date=2021-02-04|website=Camden New Journal|language=en-gb}}
=Cinémoi=
In 2009, Bengough founded Cinémoi, a global television network focusing on film, fashion and international style. Cinémoi launched in North American version on DirecTV in 2012; broadcasting to over 20 million households.{{cite web|last=Marechal|first=AJ|title=Movie net Cinemoi bows Monday on DirecTV|url=https://www.variety.com/article/VR1118059224?refcatid=14|publisher=Variety|date=September 14, 2012}}
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