Thomas Whitfield (entrepreneur)
{{short description|British/German biochemist and entrepreneur}}
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| birth_date = {{Birth-date and age|30 November 1981}}
| birth_place = Kirkcaldy, Scotland
| alma_mater = Christ Church, University of Oxford (DPhil (PhD))
| occupation = biochemist, entrepreneur
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Thomas Whitfield (born 30 November 1981) is a British and German biochemist and entrepreneur. He is known for the dietary supplement TRX2 and his contributions to DesignTheTime.com.{{cite news|last=Tyler|first=Richard|title=Thomas Whitfield: The Oxford student who plans to make baldness a thing of the past|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/yourbusiness/brightideas/4268434/Thomas-Whitfield-The-Oxford-student-who-plans-to-make-baldness-a-thing-of-the-past.html|access-date=23 July 2012|newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|date=16 January 2009}}{{cite news|last=Tyler|first=Richard|title=Thomas Whitfield's German roots help hair loss product launch|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/yourbusiness/8248046/Thomas-Whitfields-German-roots-help-hair-loss-product-launch.html|access-date=23 July 2012|newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|date=9 January 2011}}
Biography
Whitfield was born in Kirkcaldy, Scotland. He spent his childhood and early schooling in Germany. Whitfield holds a DPhil in Biochemistry from Christ Church, University of Oxford.{{cite news|title=ChCh Grad wins $100m backing|url=http://www.chch.ox.ac.uk/news/2007/idea-idol|access-date=23 July 2012|newspaper=Christ Church News|date=31 March 2009}}{{cite news|title=Flying start for young entrepreneur|url=http://www.ox.ac.uk/media/news_stories/2009/090116_2.html|access-date=23 July 2012|newspaper=University of Oxford News|date=16 January 2009|location=United Kingdom|format=Web|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120929212137/http://www.ox.ac.uk/media/news_stories/2009/090116_2.html|archive-date=29 September 2012|df=dmy-all}}
Business ventures
=Designthetime.com=
Whitfield was a co-founder and director of DesignTheTime.com (later called Miomi.com) which plots user-generated personal histories.{{cite news|title=Businessplan-Wettbewerb Die 100.000.000-Dollar-Idee|url=http://www.sueddeutsche.de/karriere/businessplan-wettbewerb-die-dollar-idee-1.546635-2|access-date=24 July 2012|newspaper=Sueddeutsche.de|date=15 February 2007|location=Germany|language=de|format=Web}}{{cite news|last=Walker|first=Peter|title=The business boat race|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2007/BUSINESS/02/20/execed.Oxbridge2/index.html?iref=allsearch|access-date=24 July 2012|newspaper=CNN.com|date=20 February 2007|agency=CNN|format=Web}}{{cite news|title=Judges back a winner with their own money in Idea Idol competition|url=http://www.ox.ac.uk/media/news_stories/2007/070220a.html|access-date=24 July 2012|date=20 February 2007|agency=University of Oxford|location=United Kingdom|format=Web|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120929212121/http://www.ox.ac.uk/media/news_stories/2007/070220a.html|archive-date=29 September 2012|df=dmy-all}}{{cite news |date=12 October 2007 |title=Miomi – Geschichte selbst schreiben |url=http://www.golem.de/0710/55339.html |access-date=23 July 2012 |newspaper=Goldem.de |location=Germany |language=de |format=Web}}{{cite news|last=Hüsing|first=Alexander|title=miomi macht Geschichte|url=http://www.deutsche-startups.de/2007/10/12/miomi-macht-geschichte/|access-date=24 July 2012|newspaper=Deutsche-Startups|date=12 October 2007|location=Germany|language=de|format=Web}}{{cite news|title=Auf dem Zeitstrahl in die Business-Welt: Thomas und Miomi.com|url=http://jetzt.sueddeutsche.de/texte/anzeigen/400532|access-date=24 July 2012|newspaper=jetzt.sueddeutsche.de|date=4 October 2007|author=Christian Helten|location=Germany|language=de|format=Web}}{{cite news|title=Jeder kann im Internet Geschichte schreiben|url=https://www.welt.de/wams_print/article1852151/Jeder-kann-im-Internet-Geschichte-schreiben.html|access-date=24 July 2012|newspaper=Welt Online|date=30 March 2008|author=Von Olaf Schlippe|location=Germany|language=de|format=Web}}{{cite news|title=Internetunternehmen Miomi Die 100-Millionen-Dollar-Geschichte|url=https://www.handelsblatt.com/unternehmen/mittelstand/internetunternehmen-miomi-die-100-millionen-dollar-geschichte/2886934.html|access-date=24 July 2012|newspaper=Handelsblatt|date=14 January 2008|author=Thomas Knüwer|agency=Handelsblatt|location=Germany|language=de|format=Web}} The website garnered media attention throughout Europe and was ranked as one of the Top 10 UK Web 2.0 startups in 2007.{{cite news|title=The top 25 UK web 2.0 start ups|url=https://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/03/16/the_top_25_uk_web_startups/|access-date=24 July 2012|newspaper=The Register|date=16 March 2007|author=Tech Digest|format=Web}} The website went offline in 2008 for unknown reasons.{{Citation needed|date=January 2025}}
=Oxford BioLabs=
In 2009 Whitfield founded the company Oxford BioLabs. In 2011, its first product, a dietary supplement known as TRX2, became publicly available.
References
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