Michael Acton Smith Biography

Michael Acton Smith is the current CEO and founder of kids’ entertainment company Mind Candy, the creators of global kids’ phenomenon Moshi Monsters. He has been described by The Daily Telegraph as a rock star version of Willy Wonka and by The Independent as a polite version of Bob Geldof. Mind Candy created the online world of Moshi Monsters which has over 90 million users around the world and has expanded offline into best selling toys the number one selling kids magazine in the UK a best-selling DS video game top 5 music album which has gone gold in the UK books membership cards trading cards and much more. In 2011 Mind Candy was valued at $200 million and by 2014 the company's valuation had dropped dramatically to less than $24 million. According to one of the company's earliest investors Spark Ventures Mind Candy has continued to disappoint missing budgeted revenues and reporting sales substantially behind previous years. Michael is also a co-founder of Calm.com and Ping Pong Fight Club. He was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2014 New Year Honours for services to the creative industries.

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