Best Startup
At Best Startup UK we track over 130,000 UK startups and over 500,000 people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and board members we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
This list showcases the top United Kingdom based CEO’ operating in the Consumer Applications 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.
Ranbir Arora
Co-Founder, CEO of Dorm
Ranbir Arora is the CEO and Co-Founder at Dorm.
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About Dorm: Dorm is an audio learning app that aggregates and curates the world’s podcasting content.
Rikke Rosenlund
Founder & CEO of BorrowMyDoggy
Rikke Rosenlund is Co-Founder at BorrowMyDoggy.Rikke has always loved to spend time with dogs (everything from Shih Tzus to Golden Retrievers) and her favourite childhood memories include playing with her grandparents cute black Labrador on their farm. She was born in Denmark, has previously studied and worked in financial services and entrepreneurship in the US, the UK and Latin America, and moved to London 8 years ago. She feels fortunate to be a part of BorrowMyDoggy and believes we can all make a difference.
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About BorrowMyDoggy: BorrowMyDoggy is a trusted community where local dog lovers help take care of dogs for walkies.
Bonnie Takhar
Lead Founder and CEO of LetsBab
Bonnie Takhar is the founder and CEO of LetsBab, a digital mall that is disrupting the way you shop and digitalising word of mouth. Takhar, a seasoned fashion executive with over 20 years experience, has held a number of high ranking positions.
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About LetsBab: LetsBab is a digital mall revolutionizing the way you shop and share products with others.
Steve Barber
CEO of Sepura
Steve joined Sepura in 2002 to manage the company’s portfolio of TETRA products, later expanding his role to encompass management of interoperability and standardisation across the whole group. He has more than 20 years’ experience in the analogue and digital PMR industry and over 13 years in digital fixed line communications. Prior to joining Sepura, Steve held a variety of technical and operational positions at Simoco, ACIS, GEC-Marconi and British Telecom.
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About Sepura: Sepura is a global leader in the design, manufacture and supply of digital radio products
Gordon Watling
CEO of Sepura
Gordon was appointed Chief Executive Officer in 2008, having joined the company as Chief Operating Officer in 2006. He has over 20 years’ international experience leading operations and development teams at Schlumberger and Agilent. He has also held directorships at Invensys and Honeywell.
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About Sepura: Sepura is a global leader in the design, manufacture and supply of digital radio products
