Martin Warner is one of Britain’s leading entrepreneurs, who operates between the US and UK, and is also a global thought leader on the subject of Entrepreneurship. Additionally, he is an educator, AI researcher, inventor, film producer, and investor. Martin is the Founder/CEO of warpSpeed, an app which focuses on improving human productivity using a self-learning AI Agent & Vertical LLM. Martin previously founded Flix Premiere, the leading independent film streaming service. In addition, he was the first British pioneer to enter the eVTOL (electric Vertical Take-Off & Landing) race for Urban Air Mobility. This led him to his position as Non Executive Chairman of Autonomous Flight, an electric aviation focused design & manufacturing firm pioneering eVTOL urban air mobility. Martin occasionally teaches and mentors with Entrepreneur Seminar, the No. 1 online learning & mentoring program for Entrepreneurship, holding the title of Chairman Emeritus. He is also a National Best Selling Author, with his book 'The Startup Story, An Entrepreneurs Journey From Idea to Exit', which became an instant best seller and debuted on the USA Today Best Seller Booklist.
Among Martin’s accolades, he achieved the grand slam fast exit when he co-founded botObjects, a revolutionary 3D printing software and hardware manufacturer, which was later acquired for $50MM in January 2015 in a record breaking 17 months by the industry leader, 3D Systems Inc.. Warner co-invented a ground-breaking full-colour 3D desktop printer called the ProDesk3D which made the front cover, appeared No.1 in T3's Magazine Hot 100 products. Martin recently made the top 100 global innovators list by Business Cloud.
In recent times, the media has compared Martin as the ‘UK’s Elon Musk’ due to his multifaceted inventions and cross-industry areas. As a prolific innovator, Martin’s curiosity led him into state-of-the-art air logistics through his R&D firm Parcel Fly, and resulted in a recent breakthrough software innovation pioneering a new air traffic management process called ‘Random Autonomous Routes’ for use in future parcel deliveries by drones in cities around the world.
Having taught entrepreneurship for 20 years, over 300,000 people have been impacted by Martin’s education across the world. Today, he shares his thought leadership, teachings, and coaching through his accelerated education program - Entrepreneur Seminar.
Additionally, Martin has developed over a dozen leading products, and published over 120 patents. He was responsible for creating and hosting a leading London focused start-up & venture investment conference - Tech Entrepreneurs Week.
As a passionate advocate for entrepreneurship, Martin has interviewed some of the greatest leaders and innovators in the world today including Sir Richard Branson, Peter Guber, Steve Wozniak, Jimmy Wales, Carly Fiorina and others.
Martin frequently comments on his ventures in the media, and has appeared on many news programmes including Sky News, BBC News, BBC World News, Fox Business, and across many print, magazine and online media outlets across the world. He has appeared on a number of magazine cover’s including Variety and Screen, and delivered a keynote interview at the Cannes Film Festival.
Previously, Martin held executive management roles at JP Morgan & BearingPoint (formerly KPMG Consulting).
Martin resides between London and New York.