Sara Murray

Sara Murray is a British entrepreneur and businesswoman who developed buddi, a miniaturised tracking device for vulnerable people. She was a member of the British Government’s Technology Strategy Board and a founder of Seedcamp - an organisation to jumpstart the entrepreneurial community in the UK and Europe.

Education
Born in Lancashire, Murray went to Malvern Girls' College and then read Physiology, Psychology and Philosophy at St Hilda's College, Oxford.

Awards
Murray was named Entrepreneur of the Year at the 2009 Orange National Business Awards. In 2008, Murray was a finalist in the Blackberry Awards for Women in Technology and a finalist in the Real Business First Woman Awards.

She was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2012 Birthday Honours for services to entrepreneurship and innovation.