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'''Mark Pearson''' (born 1980) is a [[London]], [[UK|United Kingdom]]-based entrepreneur and investor. He founded and served as [[Chief executive officer|CEO]] of [[Markco Media]], a European discount network.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://techcrunch.com/2012/11/21/hushhush/|title=HushHush Jumps On The Daily Deals Bandwagon: Designer Fashion, Interiors, Gardening, Food & Drink|date=21 November 2012|publisher=[[TechCrunch]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://realbusiness.co.uk/news/mark-pearson-britains-coupon-king|title=Mark Pearson: Britain's coupon king|publisher=[[Real Business]]|date=7 April 2011}}</ref><ref name=lucky>{{cite web|url=http://www.newbusiness.co.uk/articles/internet-advice/third-time-lucky |title=Third time lucky |date=24 September 2012 |publisher=newbusiness.co.uk |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121113104610/http://www.newbusiness.co.uk/articles/internet-advice/third-time-lucky |archivedate=13 November 2012 }}</ref> Markco Media is the parent company of [[MyVoucherCodes]].
In June 2014, Pearson sold Markco Media to the publicly listed mobile payments firm [[Monitise plc]] in a reported £55m deal.
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==Awards==
* 2010 - [[Real Business]] Growing Business Awards "Young Entrepreneur of the Year" award <ref>{{Cite web |url=http://realbusiness.co.uk/article/5043-growing_business_awards_2010 |title=Real Business - Growing Business Awards 2010 |access-date=2014-11-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131024140657/http://realbusiness.co.uk/article/5043-growing_business_awards_2010 |archive-date=2013-10-24 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* 2011 - [[Ernst and Young]] "Emerging Entrepreneur of the Year" award <ref>[http://www.bmmagazine.co.uk/_bm3/ernst-and-young-unveil-their-2011-entrepreneurs-of-the-year.1644
* 2011 - Smarta "Young Gun" award <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://startups.co.uk/young-guns/mark-pearson/|title = Mark Pearson: MyVoucherCodes - Startups.co.uk|date = 10 October 2011}}</ref>
* 2012 - Digital Entrepreneur Awards, "Digital Entrepreneur of the Year" <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.digital-entrepreneur.co.uk/previous-winners.html |title=Previous winners of th Digital Entrepreneur of the year awards |website=www.digital-entrepreneur.co.uk |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100729040712/http://www.digital-entrepreneur.co.uk/previous-winners.html |archive-date=2010-07-29}}</ref>
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