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Neil Papworth was born on 28 December, 1969 in Reading, Berkshire, UK, is a Sender of the first text message. Discover Neil Papworth'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 54 years old?
| Popular As |
N/A |
| Occupation |
Software architect
Designer, developer, & test engineer |
| Age |
54 years old |
| Zodiac Sign |
Capricorn |
| Born |
28 December, 1969 |
| Birthday |
28 December |
| Birthplace |
Reading, Berkshire, UK |
| Nationality |
United Kingdom
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He is a member of famous architect with the age 54 years old group.
Neil Papworth Height, Weight & Measurements
At 54 years old, Neil Papworth height not available right now. We will update Neil Papworth's Height, weight, Body Measurements, Eye Color, Hair Color, Shoe & Dress size soon as possible.
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| Height |
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| Weight |
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Who Is Neil Papworth's Wife?
His wife is Jennifer Papworth (2007-present)
| Family |
| Parents |
Not Available |
| Wife |
Jennifer Papworth (2007-present) |
| Sibling |
Not Available |
| Children |
3 |
Neil Papworth Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Neil Papworth worth at the age of 54 years old? Neil Papworth’s income source is mostly from being a successful architect. He is from United Kingdom. We have estimated Neil Papworth's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
| Net Worth in 2024 |
$1 Million - $5 Million |
| Salary in 2024 |
Under Review |
| Net Worth in 2023 |
Pending |
| Salary in 2023 |
Under Review |
| House |
Not Available |
| Cars |
Not Available |
| Source of Income |
architect |
Neil Papworth Social Network
Timeline
Neil Papworth (born 1969) is a British software architect, designer and developer.
Neil Papworth was born on 28 December 1969 in Reading, Berkshire, United Kingdom.
Papworth obtained his HND (Higher National Diploma) in Computer Studies from the University of West London.
He spent his childhood in Wokingham, Berkshire, and began his professional career at Ferranti International in Bracknell, United Kingdom.
Neil Papworth started his career at Ferranti International in Bracknell on aeronautical and military applications from 1988 to 1991.
He designed and programmed a movable vehicle satellite antenna and implemented software for automated helicopter-landing aids.
In 1991, he began working for Sema Group in Reading, Berkshire.
He is known as the sender of the first ever text message (also known as SMS message) in 1992.
In 1992, Neil Papworth was working as a developer and test engineer at Sema Group Telecoms, in a team developing a Short Message Service Centre (SMSC) for their customer, Vodafone UK in Newbury, Berkshire.
As part of this project, he sent the world's first text message, on 3 December 1992, at the age of 22.
It was sent from a computer.
The message was "Merry Christmas", and was sent to Richard Jarvis, a director at Vodafone, who was enjoying his office Christmas party.
He spent a large amount of time from 1993 onwards travelling around the world installing SMS systems.
Papworth then settled in Toronto, Ontario, Canada in 2000, and subsequently in Montreal in 2002.
He relocated to Sema Group's Toronto office in January 2000.
He settled in Montreal, Quebec in September 2002.
Papworth gained popularity during the 10th and 20th anniversaries of the first text message, as highlighted in the press, and has been featured in several outlets such as a Super Bowl commercial, a documentary movie, a Jeopardy! question, and radio talk shows.
He remained with Sema Group (which became Airwide Solutions) until 2011.
Since then, he worked for Tekelec, a telecommunications company, recently bought by Oracle Corporation.
He worked at Oracle on 4G related technologies.
In 2018, he started working at TriNimbus, a company providing Amazon Web Services consulting to customers, which was subsequently acquired by Onica in 2018, and then Onica was subsequently acquired by Rackspace in 2019.
