Adam Powell
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- For other people of the same name, see Adam Powell (disambiguation).
Prior to founding Neopets, he was also involved in Shout! Advertising, a UK-based advertising company which operated the third largest click-through program on the Internet by mid-1999. He also founded Powlex in July 1999, which focused on web page design, and Netmagic in March 1997, which designed and sold online banner advertising. Mr. Powell currently focuses on the technical and programming aspects of the Neopets website.[Neopets Press Kit Biography]
Powell's Neopets account is borovan,[borovan's Neopets account] which is taken from a late-80s sketch on British Saturday morning TV featuring the comedians Trevor and Simon.
References to Mr. Powell's craving for asparagus exist throughout the Neopets website. "MUAHAHAHAHA! YOU CAN'T HAVE IT! IT'S ALL MINE!" is the predominant signature phrase.For example, search for "asparagus" on the yellow bar at the [Official Neopets website]. When users click on parts of certain games, small buttons pop up with this quote printed upon it, and "a5paragu5" is a cheat in the Whack-A-Staff-Member game. He also has four out of five of his pets on his borovan account as asparagus chias. The other is a red bori, which is usually in its "sad" pose.
He is occasionally called Number Six, a nickname taken from the 60s show The Prisoner, and also has a plushie (stuffed toy) named after him on the site. There is also a highly sought after avatar related to him, to get this you must have exactly the same amount of Neopoints as the account "borovan", viewable at the Neopets about us page.[Neopets "About Us" page]
Powell is mentioned in the hall of fame at his secondary school, Collingwood College, Surrey,[Collingwood College biography] although he had a self-described "spectacular failure at university."[PinkPT Interview with Powell] He is also claimed to be a former member of MENSA with an IQ of 174.#redirect
Powell has two cats in California, US called Sarah and Chani. In the UK he has four cats called Oscar, Daisy, Bill and Ben.
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