Simon Davies is the founder and CEO of WeAre.xyz, a collaborative platform for recording and sharing family and local histories, as well as heritage in general. He is also a trustee of the Shropshire Family History Society. Previously, he founded Snaptu, the creator of a mobile application that grew to 42 million users in just 18 months and was acquired by Facebook in April 2011. The Snaptu platform now powers Facebook Lite, Facebook’s application for several hundred million users in the developing world.

In addition to his passion for genealogy, Simon is a keen naturalist and cyclist.