Martin Warner is the best-selling author of the business memoir “The Startup Story: An Entrepreneur’s Journey from Idea to Exit” and one of Britain’s most celebrated entrepreneurs. Due to his numerous inventions and expertise in cross-industry domains, many have dubbed Martin the “UK’s Elon Musk”.
Martin earned many accolades, including when he co-founded botObjects, a cutting-edge 3D printing software and hardware developer that shook up the industry and was bought for a staggering $50M in just 17 months by the market leader. Their groundbreaking ProDesk3D was featured on the front cover of T3’s Magazine and No.1 on T3 Magazine’s Hot 100 products list. Additionally, they listed him amongst Business Cloud’s top 100 list for global innovators.
This landmark achievement is the subject of his USA Today best-selling book, “The Startup Story: An Entrepreneur’s Journey from Idea to Exit”.
He is the current CEO of 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. Martin is the Chairman & Founder of Autonomous Flight, an electric aviation focused design & manufacturing firm pioneering eVTOL urban air mobility. Martin is the creator of the online seminar for entrepreneurship EntrepreneurSeminar.com, the nation’s number one online learning & mentoring program for entrepreneurs.
A foremost expert on product development and go-to-market strategy, from inception to exit, Warner has developed over a dozen products and holds over 120 patents. As a passionate leader and teacher of entrepreneurship, over 300,000 individuals have been impacted by Martin’s education worldwide since he began teaching 20 years ago.
Martin has appeared on Sky News, BBC News, Fox Business, The Independent, The Times and many more. Warner has appeared on the covers of several publications, including Variety and Screen Magazine, and has given a keynote speech at the 69th Cannes Film Festival. He has shared the stage with some of the world’s most renowned leaders and innovators, including Sir Richard Branson, Peter Guber, Steve Wozniak, Jimmy Wales, Carly Fiorina, and others.
Martin previously worked at JP Morgan & BearingPoint (formerly KPMG Consulting) in executive management capacities.
When Martin is not travelling, he resides between New York and London.