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This list showcases the top Manchester based CEO’ operating in the Sports space. If you think a CEO’ is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on editor@beststartup.co.uk.
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Companies House UK, Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Richard Arnold
CEO of Manchester United Football Club Limited
Group Managing Director at Manchester United Football Club Limited.
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About Manchester United Football Club Limited, Manchester United Football Club Limited, St. George’s House: Manchester United is one of the most popular and successful sports teams in the world, playing one of the most popular spectator sports.
Ferran Soriano
CEO of Manchester City Football Club
Ferran Soriano is the CEO at City Football Group.
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About City Football Group, Manchester City Football Club: Manchester City Football Club is a Premier League football club.
Ryan Cook
Chief Executive Officer of NextUpRecruitment
Ryan Cook is a self-motivated and enthusiastic entrepreneur from Manchester in England with a passion for helping young athletes achieve their goal of receiving a scholarship at the collegiate level in the United States. A former collegiate athlete, he played for both Wilbur Wright and Morton College.
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About NextUpRecruitment: Making scholarships more accessible than ever before by pairing student-athletes with college coaches
Dan Quirk
CEO of QMTech
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About : QMTech runs the amateur sport management website, Clubhouse
Thomas Young
CEO of TakeMeGym
Thomas is a bright, young and enthusiastic 18 year old entrepreneur from Manchester, UK. He currently has two business, one for mobile app development. And another website called TakeMeGym.com which runs and functions similar to TripAdvisor. The mobile app business is unique, meaning he does not hire his own staff to develop these applications. Instead he has agreed contracts with freelancers who will do the work at minimal costs to what is being charged. TakeMeGym.com runs like TripAdvisor. Users can view gyms/fitness classes/sports facilities and sports clubs, write reviews, see special offers and much more. He is now looking to raise capital to start a new project in regards to mobile marketing. Developing a similar service to Xtify and Urban Airship for Geolocational Push notifications. If the funds are raised, this will make he business the only UK based company offering this service.
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About TakeMeGym: TakeMeGym.com is a brand new website which has been designed to give our users all the information they need to find a gym, sports
