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 Leeds based CEO’ operating in the Consulting 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.
Joshua Gould
Chief Executive Officer of thebigword
Welcome to my Crunchbase page. People refer to me as an entrepreneur and I think that the true test of an entrepreneur is to believe that you really can achieve your dreams, not just once but over and over. I’m now CEO of a $100 million company that I started from scratch but I began my working life as an apprentice and that’s why, throughout my career, I’ve been such a supporter of apprenticeships and training. My company, thebigword, is now one of the world’s largest tech-enabled language services companies. We employ nearly 500 people, based in 12 offices in nine countries, working with more than 10,000 linguists from 73 countries. Every month thebigword interprets over two million minutes of speech in 235 languages over the telephone globally and our linguists carry out 14,500 face-to-face interpreting appointments throughout the US and UK. We also translate 35 million written words every month in hundreds of languages. Technology has truly revolutionised our business with developments we could only have dreamed of 20 years ago. Just a few of the game-changing developments in that time have been: global online selling, over the phone interpreting, machine translation, and translation memory. Our Apprentice programme is one of the most successful in the UK. In just two years we have progressed 82 Apprentices through the scheme and 67 percent of them have gone on to full-time jobs in company. Recently I was proud to accept on behalf of thebigword the award for ‘Large Employer of the Year’ at the UK Apprenticeship Awards. I now divide my time between living in New York and Leeds, England and visiting our many global offices. I continue to be enthused and excited by business and the difference it can make to people’s lives.
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About thebigword, WordSynk: We are technology-driven language communication leaders trusted by the top 100 global brands and organizations. What language barrier?
Richard Corner
Director and CEO of Alscient
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About Alscient: Alscient specialise in IT consultancy, software development and systems integration.
Sanchit Vir Gogia
Chief Futurist, Founder & CEO of Greyhound Knowledge Group
Sanchit is the Chief Futurist, Founder & CEO of Greyhound Knowledge Group, a Global, Award-Winning, Digital Transformation Research & Advisory Group. He also serves as Chief Analyst & CEO of Greyhound Research, an Award-Winning, Global, Independent Technology Transformation Research & Advisory firm. Given his expertise and passion for Digital Transformation, Sanchit also doubles up as the CIO for Greyhound Knowledge Group companies. In his another avatar, Sanchit is an Advisor To The Board (for Digital Transformation decisions) of a US$100 Million+ organisation in the Metal Industry. Sanchit is a globally recognised and reputed IT analyst, consultant and advisor. Known for his passion for Digital Transformation, Sanchit has gained repute by authoring numerous thought-provoking reports that have been rated in Global Top 5. He is also the author of the famous Digital Transformation insights portal, As Disruptive As IT Gets, that has readership from over 150,000 CXOs and 15 million+ individuals from across 125 countries. The portal has been rated at number 10 in the top 20 global resources for Business IT leaders in 2014 and as one of the 50 Must-Read IT Blogs of 2013 across the globe.
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About Greyhound Knowledge Group: Greyhound Knowledge Group is a Global, Award-Winning, Digital Transformation Research & Advisory Group.
Geoff Young
Founder and CEO of Mint CRM & Marketing Solutions
Geoff Young is the CEO and founder of Mint CRM.
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About Mint CRM & Marketing Solutions: Mint CRM & Marketing Solutions helps companies to deploy Salesforce solutions.
Graeme Lee
Founder & CEO of Springfield Healthcare
Graeme Lee is a Founder & CEO at Springfield Healthcare.
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About Springfield Healthcare: Springfield Healthcare delivers personal and domestic care for people who need it in their own homes.
