Michael Birch

Quick Facts

Full Name	Michael Birch
Occupation	Computer Programmer
Date Of Birth	Jul 7, 1970(1970-07-07)
Age	54
Birthplace	Sawston
Country	United Kingdom
Birth City	England
Horoscope	Cancer

Michael Birch Biography

Michael Birch is one of the most popular and richest Computer Programmer who was born on July 7, 1970 in Sawston, England, United Kingdom.

Birch was born in Sawston, Cambridgeshire and raised in Hertfordshire. He attended Imperial College London from 1988 to 1991, where he received a bachelor of science degree in physics.

Birch and his wife Xochi Birch have co-founded over half a dozen startups in the past 15 years. Together with Birch’s brother Paul, they founded BirthdayAlarm.com and with Morgan Sowden they founded Ringo.com (which was sold to tickle.com in 2003). Birch and Xochi later founded the online social networking website Bebo in January 2005, with a major launch in July 2005. In 2007, Bebo had over 45 million registered users and was the sixth most popular site in the UK, bigger than AOL, Amazon.co.uk and bbc.co.uk.

Michael Birch Net Worth

Michael Birch is one of the richest Computer Programmer from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Michael Birch 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Michael Birch OBE (born 7 July 1970) is a British computer programmer and entrepreneur. Birch has helped co-found several startups including Blab, BirthdayAlarm.com, Ringo.com, and social networking site, Bebo. Birch sold Bebo, his most lucrative business, which he started with his wife, Xochi Birch, to AOL in March 2008 for $850 million. Later he purchased the company back for $1 million. Birch has made several large donations to charitable organizations, including charity:water.

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Who is Michael Birch Dating?

According to our records, Michael Birch married to Xochi Birch. As of December 1, 2023, Michael Birch’s is not dating anyone.

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In October 2014 the Birches bought the Farmers Arms public house and Manor House properties in the village of Woolfardisworthy, Torridge (Woolsery), North Devon. A popular community pub for decades, the historic Grade II Listed Farmers Arms, the only pub in Woolfardisworthy village, closed in December 2012 and was reopened in September 2018. The Grade II Listed Manor House has been closed for several years. The Birches are to restore and re-open Woolfardisworthy’s pub and Manor House with the Manor House being put into use as a hotel. The couple have three children.

Facts & Trivia

Kzy Ranked on the list of most popular Computer Programmer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. Michael Birch celebrates birthday on July 7 of every year.

In the 2015 Queen’s Birthday Honours, Birch was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) “for services to technology and online services.” On 11 February 2016 he received his OBE at Buckingham Palace.

How much is Michael Birch worth?

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How did Bebo make money?

Instagram/mickbirch In 2005, Michael Birch launched social media site Bebo with his wife, Xochi Birch. Three years after it was founded, in March 2008, the British entrepreneur sold Bebo to US tech giant AOL for $850 million (£650 million), instantly making him one of the richest tech entrepreneurs in the UK.

What is Bebo Worth?

Bebo Founder Buys Back His Website for $1 Million and Shuts It Down Right After. At one time, social-networking site Bebo was worth $850 million. But as its user base dwindled, so did its value, enabling the site’s founders to buy it back last month for just $1 million.

Who owns Bebo now?

While this announcement seems to have popped up out of the blue, the Bebo brand was acquired by streaming giant Twitch back in June 2019, for a cool $25m. The deal saw the Amazon-owned purple giant snap up what was left of the Bebo IP and around 10 of its employees.

When was Bebo created?

Michael Birch, who co-founded the site with his wife, Xochi, in 2005 , tweeted late on Monday: “We just bought back Bebo for $1m.