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 Birmingham based Founder operating in the Real Estate space. If you think a Founder 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.
Bill Smith
Founder & CEO of Landing
Bill Smith is the founder and CEO of Landing, the industry’s first membership-based leasing model for long-term living. The company provides members with access to a network of fully-finished and unfurnished apartments with flexible leases to accommodate the needs of today’s modern renter. Founded in June of 2019, Bill created Landing to resolve the pain points of traditional renting that he experienced first hand when he moved to San Francisco in 2016. Faced with stubborn leases, high moving costs and a largely offline experience, Bill set out to create a more seamless renting experience and change the way people live with Landing. A lifelong entrepreneur, before Landing, Bill was the founder and CEO of Shipt, the online grocery delivery marketplace, which he sold to Target for $550M in December of 2017.
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About Landing: Landing develops a membership-based network of fully-finished urban apartment homes.
David Shepherd
Founder & Product Director of PurpleBricks
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About PurpleBricks: PurpleBricks is an online real estate agent that helps its clients to sell, buy, and let their properties.
Lachlan Faulkner
Co-Founder and Chief Commercial Officer of Stiltz Home Lifts
Mike Lord is the chairman and CEO of Stiltz Lifts.
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About Stiltz Home Lifts: Stiltz Home Lifts manufacture the Stiltz Home Lift which has been designed to provide homeowners with a simple way of moving between floors.
Jan Telander
Founder, President and CEO of ProGreen US
Jan Telander is the Founder & CEO at ProGreen US.
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About ProGreen US: ProGreen US engages in the ownership and management of agricultural and real estate projects.
Matthew Whitaker
Founder and CEO of Gkhouses
Matthew is a student of the book Good To Great and is passionate about building gkhouses to become the best property management company on the planet; and maybe even the universe if Elon Musk will hurry up. To do that, he spent the first seven years of gkhouses in the trenches but now focuses most of his time facilitating growth in other markets. Entrepreneurship runs in the family. His wife runs a successful business called Engaged. You can usually find Matthew at the baseball field with his son, at a dance recital with his daughter or at his favorite restaurant with his wife, when he’s not in the office. And if you can’t find him any of those places, it probably means he’s traveling.
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About Gkhouses: Gkhouses is a professional property management services company, managing single family homes.
Steven Hamner
Co-Founder, EVP, and CFO of Medical Properties Trust
Steven Hamner is the Co-Founder, EVP, and CFO at Medical Properties Trust.
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About Medical Properties Trust, MPT Operating Partnership: Medical Properties Trust, Inc. bridges the gap between the growing demand for high-quality healthcare.
Patrick Shuker
Founder of Rent Chief
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About Rent Chief: Rent Chief is developing a new property management platform.
