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Michael Birch. Bebo

Bebo is a popular social networking website, founded in January 2005. It can be used in many countries including Ireland, Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, New Zealand and Australia.

Founded by husband and wife Michael and Xochi Birch, Bebo had a major relaunch in July 2005. It was bought by AOL on March 13, 2008 for $850m.

Michael Birch

Michael Birch

Michael co-founded the social networking site Bebo in January 2005 with his wife Xochi Birch. Bebo has around 40m registered users and in 2008 the site was sold to AOL for US$850m. Previously Michael had co-founded BirthdayAlarm.com and Ringo.com, which was sold to tickle.com in 2003.

He currently serves on the board of three companies in addition to BirthdayAlarm.com, and is an investor and advisor to eight other companies including wordia.com and playfire.com.