Ashley Tabor-King
Ashley Daniel Tabor-King is a British businessman who is the founder and executive president of Global Media & Entertainment, the largest commercial radio group in Europe and one of the leading outdoor (OOH) advertising companies in the UK.
Early life
Ashley Daniel Tabor-King was born to a Jewish family in May 1977, the son of Doreen and Michael Tabor, who made his fortune through bookmaking, horse breeding and property.Career
Tabor-King presented and ran a hospital radio station in Watford while still at school. He left school at 16, and his first job in commercial radio was as an overnight tech op at the then Chiltern Radio in Dunstable.He later worked as an assistant to Richard Park at Capital Radio in London, helping him to produce shows and plan playlists.
Tabor-King once worked for Simon Cowell, and is credited as being one of the co-writers of The X Factor's theme song.
In 2008, with cash provided by his father and other lenders, he took over GCap Radio, the group behind Capital Radio and Classic FM, and founded Global.
In 2016, Global launched a new school, Global Academy, to prepare young people aged 14–18 for a career in broadcast and digital media, to help reduce the barriers to entry for young people entering the media industry. On 20 April 2017, the Academy was officially opened by the Duke of Cambridge and Prince Harry in their capacity as patrons of "Heads Together", a mental health charity. Two breakfast shows from Global radio stations were broadcasting live from the Academy: Heart London Breakfast with Jamie Theakston, and Emma Bunton and Nick Ferrari on LBC.