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Col Needham (Colin Needham) was born on 26 January, 1967 in Denton, Lancashire, England, is an English entrepreneur. Discover Col Needham's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 57 years old?

Popular As Colin Needham
Occupation Founder, CEO, and general manager of IMDb
Age 57 years old
Zodiac Sign Aquarius
Born 26 January 1967
Birthday 26 January
Birthplace Denton, Lancashire, England
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Who Is Col Needham's Wife?

His wife is Karen (nee Gaskin) Needham (m. 1989)

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Col Needham Net Worth

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Net Worth in 2024 $1 Million - $5 Million
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1967

Colin Needham (born 26 January 1967) is a British computer engineer who is known as the founder and CEO of IMDb.

1988

He graduated from the University of Leeds with a BSc (Hons) in Computer Science in 1988.

1989

Needham married Karen Gaskin in 1989 and they live in Filton, Gloucestershire with their twin daughters.

He is a fan of early 20th-century classical Russian composers, particularly Dmitri Shostakovich.

1990

IMDb was started in 1990 while Needham was working as an engineer in Bristol at Hewlett-Packard (HP).

The site evolved from what was initially his personal movie database, which became an internet bulletin board made from simple records, kept on a succession of early computers and contributed to by several persons, all of whom Needham outlasted.

1996

By the summer of 1996, thanks to IMDb's first film-related advertising campaign (for Independence Day), Needham had quit HP to work on IMDb full-time as a paid employee.

1998

He has been general manager of IMDb since its acquisition by Amazon in 1998.

Needham was born in Denton, Lancashire, and grew up on Stockport Road.

He attended Audenshaw School and Clarendon Sixth Form College in Hyde.

1999

In 1999, he collected two Webby Awards for IMDb.

2017

In February 2017, Needham decided to remove the message boards from IMDb, stating that the message boards "are no longer providing a positive, useful experience for the vast majority of our more than 250 million monthly users worldwide".