Editing Bob Geldof (section)

==Businessman==
By 1992, Geldof had established himself as a businessman through co-ownership of the TV production company [[Planet 24]], which made early-morning Channel 4 show ''[[The Big Breakfast]]''.  Planet 24 was sold to Carlton TV in 1999. TV production company [[Ten Alps]] was founded the next day by Geldof and business partner Alex Connock.  In April 2011, a new entertainment-formats company, Pretend, was launched.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tenalps.com/catimg.php?cid=31#bob |title=Ten Alps website |website=Tenalps.com |access-date=10 August 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100825162303/http://www.tenalps.com/catimg.php?cid=31#bob |archive-date=25 August 2010}}</ref>

The ''Dictionary of Man'', announced by Geldof in 2007, is a project he started with director John Maguire, and is financed by the [[BBC]].<ref>{{cite news | last=Gibson| first=Owen| title=Geldof plans the definitive record of mankind| url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2007/apr/18/musicnews.music| newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|date=18 April 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | title=British Broadcasting Corp. and Bob Geldof to create massive "Dictionary of Man" Web site| url=http://www.taiwannews.com.tw/etn/news_content.php?id=432801&lang=eng_news&cate_img=logo_world&cate_rss=WORLD_eng| access-date=6 November 2012| newspaper=[[Taiwan News]]| date=19 April 2007}}</ref> It was planned that the collected material would be displayed on a website, and be available for distribution through DVDs, books, magazines, CDs, and exhibitions.<ref name=variety>{{cite news|last=Guider|first=Elizabeth|title=Geldof, BBC plan mankind project|url=https://variety.com/2007/film/news/geldof-bbc-plan-mankind-project-1117963234/|newspaper=Variety|date=17 April 2007}}</ref> Geldof reportedly had been planning it since he visited Niger in the 1980s and became aware of the number of native languages becoming lost forever as [[native speaker]]s died.<ref name=hello>{{cite news | title=Concerned Bob sets out to build a Dictionary of Man| url=http://www.hellomagazine.com/celebrities/2007/04/18/bod-geldof-man/| newspaper=Hello Magazine| date=18 April 2007}}</ref>

{{As of|2009}}, he served a term as patron of the Exeter Entrepreneurs' Society at the [[University of Exeter]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.exeterentrepreneurs.co.uk/what-we-do/ |title=Exeter Entrepreneurs |publisher=University of Exeter |access-date=29 August 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101107042629/http://www.exeterentrepreneurs.co.uk/what-we-do/ |archive-date=7 November 2010}}</ref>

Geldof is chairman of 8 Miles, a private equity firm active in Africa.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.8miles.com/team/chairman/bob.html |title=Bob Geldof, KBE - Chairman of 8 Miles|website=8miles.com |access-date=4 January 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Borin|first1=Matthew|title=Bob Geldof on Investing in Africa|url=https://blogs.cfainstitute.org/investor/2017/03/15/bob-geldof-on-investing-in-africa/|website=CFA Institute|date=15 March 2017 |access-date=4 January 2018}}</ref>

===Groupcall===
In 2002, he became a founding partner of Groupcall,<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.groupcall.com/bobgeldof.html |title=Bob Geldof on Messenger website |publisher=Groupcall Ltd |access-date=23 August 2012}}</ref> which specialises in providing communication software and data extraction tools to the [[education]], public and business sectors.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.groupcall.com/ |title=Groupcall Ltd website |publisher=Groupcall |access-date=23 August 2012}}</ref> His initial involvement arose from concerns for his children's safety.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://menmedia.co.uk/manchestereveningnews/news/s/1188616_geldof_tackles_truants_by_text |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130420234334/http://menmedia.co.uk/manchestereveningnews/news/s/1188616_geldof_tackles_truants_by_text |url-status=dead |archive-date=20 April 2013 |title=Geldof tackles truants by text |newspaper=[[Manchester Evening News]] |access-date=11 January 2010 }}</ref>