Alex Tew (born 1984) is a British entrepreneur and the co-founder of the meditation app Calm. He is known for The Million Dollar Homepage in 2005, at the age of 21, which earned him more than $1 million in five months.

The website of Alex Tew, a 21-year-old entrepreneur, who hopes to pay his way through university by selling 1 million pixels of internet ad space for $1 each.

The Million Dollar Homepage is a website conceived in 2005 by Alex Tew, a student from Wiltshire, England, to raise money for his university education. The home page consists of a million pixels arranged in a 1000 × 1000 pixel grid; the image-based links on it were sold for $1 per pixel in 10 × 10 blocks.

2024年2月9日 · Over a decade ago, Alex Tew invented the biggest thing on the internet. Today, he runs Calm, the world’s most popular meditation app. But it took years of trying to strike it rich — and he learned that instant success isn’t all it’s cut out to be.

2016年9月15日 · Alex Tew isn’t really known for following the crowd. His mantra has always been to see what everyone else is focusing on and to do the opposite. In 2005, Tew was obsessed with one thing: making...

2022年10月26日 · In 2005, Alex Tew thought they were, and became a millionaire. Tew, then 21 years old, was looking for a way to fund his business management studies at the University of Nottingham.

As a teenager, I became interested in the mind and in particular, how to improve it. I explored different ways to develop my memory, generate ideas and focus my attention. Some approaches were more successful than others. Then I discovered one technique that stood head and shoulders above the rest: mindfulness meditation.

2025年1月28日 · Transforming how the world approaches mindfulness, Alex Tew is a visionary in the digital wellness space. As the Founder and Executive Chairman of Calm, the world’s leading meditation and sleep app, Tew’s mission is rooted in helping people achieve mental clarity and emotional balance.