About Jamie
James Murray Wells (24) launched his ground-breaking business www.glassesdirect.co.uk in July 2004, rewriting the rules and shaking the optical industry to its roots.
Conceived as an idea while he was at University, and launched in the front room of his parent’s house, Glassesdirect entered the market with the aim of providing cut price prescription glasses over the internet.
Today, Glassesdirect is the largest direct-seller of glasses in the world, selling a pair every seven minutes around the clock, with a multi million pound turnover, and the company is forecasting sales north of £10m by 2008.
James Murray Wells and Glasses Direct have won a variety of awards including: the Shell LiveWIRE Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award, the Wales and West Country Entrepreneur of the Year - National Business Awards, the NatWest Business of the Year, the Entrepreneur of the Year - StartUp Awards and the Daily Mail Enterprising Young Brit Award.
In 2006 James was honored with the Isambard Kingdom Brunel Young Companies Award.
James is also an ambassador for National Enterprise Week