Tammy Barton
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Tammy Barton | |
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 Barton in the MyBudget office in Adelaide | |
| Born | Tamara Jill Barton[a] 27 January 1978 |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Occupation | Entrepreneur |
| Years active | 1999–present |
| Known for | MyBudget founder |
| Spouses | Eddy May
(m. 2002, divorced)
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Tamara Jill Barton (born 27 January 1978)[1] is an Australian entrepreneur and the founder of MyBudget.
Personal life
[edit]Tammy Barton is an Australian entrepreneur, businessperson and personal finance expert. She is the founding director of MyBudget,[2] a personal budgeting service based in Australia.
She has twice won the Telstra Business Woman of the Year (Entrepreneur-South Australia), in 2007 and 2017. Barton is recognised as one of Australia's most influential businesswomen[3] and she regularly appears in the media as an expert on personal money management and household budgeting.
Career
[edit]Barton started MyBudget as a home-based business in Adelaide in 1999 at the age of 22 after working at a debt collection agency, where she witnessed the damaging effects of financial stress on people.[4][5] The business has since grown into a national company that employs more than 250 staff in 15 offices across Australia, with more than 65,000 clients.
On 26 October 2012, Barton became an appointee to the BankSA Advisory Board. Chairman Rob Chapman said Barton brought "strong credentials and a passionate commitment to helping South Australia prosper and grow".[6] Barton remains director of and spokesperson for MyBudget.
For her business achievements, Barton has been recognised with a number of awards and honours. During her acceptance speech at the Telstra South Australian Business Woman of the Year Awards in October 2017, Barton announced that MyBudget would be opening its first international branch, in the United Kingdom, in 2018.
In May 2020, MyBudget was the confirmed target of a malware attack.
Awards and recognition
[edit]Barton has won numerous awards throughout her career, including being a two-time winner of the Telstra South Australian Business Woman of the Year Award (2007 and 2017). She has appeared in SmartCompany's list of Australia's Top 30 Female Entrepreneurs in 2015 through to 2017 and was awarded Female Entrepreneur of the Year by the League of Extraordinary Women in 2015.
Summary of awards:
- Telstra South Australian Business Woman of the Year Award, 2017[7]
- Smartcompany Australia's Top 30 Female Entrepreneur[8]
- League of Extraordinary Women Female Entrepreneur of the Year, 2015, 2016 and 2017[9]
- Start Up Daily No 1. Top Female Entrepreneur under 40, 2014[10]
- Australian Financial Review 100 Women of Influence Awards, 2012[11]
- International Business Times Australia Top 100 Women of Influence, 2012
- Telstra South Australian Business Woman of the Year Award, 2007
- Telstra Business Owner Award, 2007
- Australian Government Business Innovation Award, 2007
- Ernst and Young's Entrepreneur of the Year Finalist, 2008
Notes
[edit]- ^ Birth surname unknown.
References
[edit]- ^ "MYBUDGET PTY LTD". dun&bradstreet. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
- ^ "MyBudget".
- ^ Hooper, Narelle and Fox, Catherine (12 October 2012). "Meet Australia's 100 Women of Influence". Australian Financial Review. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
- ^ "Financial freedom just a budget away". Australian Financial Review. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
- ^ Moss, Cory (2 March 2004). "South Australian Tammy May's MyBudget business aimed at helping people budget is making an impact in different ways". The Advertiser. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
- ^ Booth, Meredith (22 October 2012). "MyBudget founder Tammy May and former Ernst & Young SA managing partner Mark Butcher join BankSA advisory board". The Advertiser. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
- ^ Griffiths, Luke (17 October 2017). "MyBudget founder Tammy Barton named 2017 Telstra Business Woman of the Year". The Advertiser. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
- ^ Koehn, Emma; et al. (20 November 2017). ""Top 30 Australian female entrepreneurs 2017". Smart Company. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
- ^ Keating, Eloise (26 November 2015). "MyBudget founder Tammy May named Female Entrepreneur of the Year". SmartCompany. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
- ^ "Top 50 Australian Female Entrepreneurs Under 40". Startup Daily. 9 February 2014. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
- ^ Redrup, Yolanda (21 November 2013). "Planning for the future: How Tammy May created MyBudget". Smart Company. Retrieved 22 November 2017.