XLN Telecom founder wins Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award for Technology and Communica

XLN Telecom founder wins Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award for Technology and Communication

[UKPRwire, Thu Jul 20 2006] XLN Telecom, a leading provider of fixed lines to small businesses, is pleased to announce that CEO, Christian Nellemann, has won the prestigious Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award for Technology and Communication 2006.

Christian founded XLN Telecom in 2003. His goal was to “change the game”. XLN Telecom is one of the fastest growing providers of fixed lines and data to small businesses with over 65,000 customers. Sales has grown from £4m in 2004 to £21m for the year ending March 31st 2006, with a year on year growth of 70% expected for the current year.

Christian Nellemann, CEO of XLN Telecom, commented,
‘It is a real honour to be recognised for this achievement as myself and my team have worked hard for this. The telecoms market is continuously changing and I am delighted that we have remained leaders in the space and our contributions have not gone unnoticed. We expect to strengthen our lead in the UK market this coming year with some exciting new tariffs and features.”

This award was given in a ceremony on the 27th of June 2006 for leading entrepreneurs. Furthermore, Christian is currently a finalist in National Business Awards 2006 “Credit Swiss Entrepreneur of the Year”.

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Additional Editorial Information

Christian’s entrepreneurial adventures began in 1988, in San Francisco, where he worked for Scentura Creations Inc. In 1989, he returned to Europe with exclusive rights to distribute the fragrances produced by Scentura. In 1994, an opportunity to enter the office products industry opened up whereby Christian became majority shareholder in a mail order company – and transformed it into the UK’s largest office products dealer group with annual group turnover of over £200m. It was later sold off in 2000.

Simultaneously, in 1999, Christian co-founded internet start–up, Euroffice.co.uk – now the UK’s leading online office supplier for SME’s. It is the only office products internet company, from the internet boom era, that has succeeded. The company has grown every year and is profitable with annual turnover of £18m for the current year.

For further information:

Jade Mamarbachi / Toby Hall (gth media) 020 7153 8035
Christian Nellemann (XLN Telecom) 020 7793 5530

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