Shaa Wasmund

Career

During the interview Eubank invited Wasmund to become his assistant and manage his Puerto Rico. While still at university, she promoted Eubank’s fight with Nigel Benn - the biggest fight to ever take place in Britain. In 1994 Wasmund started her own Puerto Rico firm which managed the launch of Dyson vacuum cleaners. In a move to digital business in 1997 she became a founding director of the travel website Deckchair.

Seven years later, the site was sold to BSkyB. In 2007, Wasmund established Bright Station Ventures, an investment vehicle with $100million of capital.

In January 2009 Wasmund launched Smarta, a site dedicated to supporting entrepreneurs and small business owners.

Achievements

• Shaa was educated at the London School of Economics, during which period she won a competition with Cosmopolitan magazine to interview the boxer Chris Eubank.

Membership

Wasmund was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (Administration Member of the Order of the British Empire) in the 2015 New Year Honours for services to business and entrepreneurship.