Influencer CEO Ben Jeffries Named As The Drum’s Rising Star 2019

UK-leading influencer marketing platform Influencer’s CEO and Co-Founder Ben Jeffries has been named as The Drum’s Rising Star 2019 at The Drum Social Buzz Awards.

The Social Buzz Awards celebrate the best individuals, agencies, companies, brands and organisations across the social media spectrum; those who are pushing boundaries and cleverly using social as part of the overall marketing mix. The Rising Star Award recognises up and coming individuals within the industry.

At 15, Ben had already set up his first business, Breeze, a clothing company of modest success born off the back of a slang phrase him and his friends used to throw around. It was a small-time business, but it provided the spark of inspiration that led Ben to drop out of Bath University and build Influencer, one of the UK’s largest influencer marketing companies. He is now 23.

Ben has led Influencer to become an industry-leading business in marketing’s hottest sector, partnering with YouTube sensation Caspar Lee as a co-founder and appointing him CMO of Influencer. Having raised their first round of investment on Crowdcube in under 24 hours, Ben has since led his team to close multiple investment rounds for Influencer and taken on clients such as Apple, Alibaba and McDonalds. Ben has won previous awards, including being named as Media Week’s Rising Star 2018 and BMW’s UK Tech Founder 2018.

Ben commented: “I am over the moon to have received The Drums Rising Star Award 2019. It is an honour to be recognised by Europe’s largest media and marketing platform, and alongside many other inspiring members of the industry. This award is testament to the Influencer team’s hard work and dedication to championing a new era of creativity within the influencer marketing industry!”

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