Rasmus Refer

Ramus Refer (born January 18, 1970) is a Danish entrepreneur and business owner best known for founding the B2B search engine Masterseek.

Early life

Refer was born on January 18, 1970 in Copenhagen, Denmark into a family of designers. His education and early career involved marketing development and information management. As a young businessman, he worked in the IT business world.

Career

Early on, Refer became an early developer of advanced web-crawler software, used to collect and index data from the internet. This made possible a variety of B2B applications. He founded and developed the B2B search engine Masterseek in 1999. He continues to serve as the company's President. In 2008, Refer bought the defunct search engine Accoona, integrating it with Masterseek. As of 2011, Masterseek is the largest B2B search engine worldwide.

Awards

According to Masterseek, Refer has received several industry awards for his contributions in the B2B IT space.

Board member

Refer is a board member and investor in a variety of IT businesses, including several international online newspapers such as the U.S. Business Times and the U.S. STOCK Post.