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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 Pet 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.
Steven Mendel
Co-Founder and CEO of Bought By Many
Steven has over 25 years’ experience as an actuary in financial services which has included leading Close Brothers Wealth Management during the launch of their non-advised offering; creating the world’s first art-focused wealth advice offering for Christie’s; working as part of the team that formed Barclays Wealth and heading the McKinsey UK Savings and Investment Group. Steven now runs Bought By Many which is disrupting the world of insurance through the innovative use of search and social media. (www.boughtbymany.com). In April 2019 Steven was included in the London Business School Review of 30 People Who Are Changing The World.
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About Bought By Many: Bought By Many is a pet InsurTech company that provides insurance products and a streamlined customer experience.
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.
Jonny Gould
Founder and CEO of Itch
Jonny Gould is the Founder and CEO at Itch Pet and Monster Pet Supplies. He is a former Founder of Leaf International. Mr. Gould received a bachelor of science in Management Sciences at UMIST.
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About Itch: Itch uses data to create personalised subscription packs that help pets to live happy & healthy .
James Davidson
Co-Founder and CEO of Tails.com
James Davidson is Co-Founder & CEO at Tails.com.
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About Tails.com: Tails.com is an online pet nutrition service that provides tailor-made food designed to deliver perfectly optimised nutrition for dogs.
Indy Sangha
Founder & CEO of Tailster
Indy Sangha is a Founder & CEO at Tailster.
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About Tailster: Tailster is an application that matches pet owners with people who are willing to care for your pet.
John Howie
Co-Founder, CEO of Lintbells
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About Lintbells: Lintbells is a producer of nutritional supplements for pets.
Marianne Strange
Founder & CEO of Protect My Pet
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About Protect My Pet: Protect My Pet delivers brand leading flea and worming treatments to pets across the UK.
Mathew Prior
CEO of TrustedHousesitters
Mathew is a successful and highly respected global travel and leisure leader with significant experience across multiple industry sectors, business models and geographies. He has led and grown some of the most iconic experiential leisure brands across the globe, ranging from Crystal Ski, the UK’s largest ski tour operator, to Le Boat, the European leader in self-drive boating vacations based in France, to Sunsail & The Moorings, the worldwide leader in yacht charter vacations based in the USA. He is currently CEO of TrustedHousesitters, the leading online marketplace for in-home vacation pet care. He has a reputation as a capable and popular leader, balancing clear strategic thinking and decision-making with a robust approach to strategy execution in international organisations, harnessing the power of digital technology to deliver new and innovative customer experiences along the way. He has led both high growth businesses and those requiring the strong leadership of a performance turnaround, and his experience has led him to gain a strong understanding of doing business in the UK, continental Europe and the USA. Mathew lives in Brighton with his family and enjoys skiing, sailing, and all sports that are based upon a moving ball.
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About Travelopia, TrustedHousesitters: The world’s largest sharing economy marketplace for vacation pet care
Julian Bambridge
CEO of MPM
Julian Bambridge is the CEO at MPM. He joined MPM as a sales and marketing director in 2009. Prior to that, Julian served as a sales director at Sterling Relocation.
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About MPM: MPM produces pet foods that are made from natural ingredients.
Andrew Nowell
Founder & CEO of PitPat
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About PitPat: PitPat is dedicated to improving animal health and wellbeing through the application of wearables, technology & data.
Sam Worthy
Co-founder & CEO of Tailwise
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About Tailwise: Tailwise connects dog buyers with responsibly bred dogs through trusted breeders.
Umut İlhan
CEO of Wufwuf
Bachelor: Studied for Marketing – Master: Advertising Venus Digital: He started one of the first digital marketing agencies in EU (2008). www.venusajans.com Venus Ajans won tax awards 4 years in a row. (2012-2017) He worked for international brands such as Turkish Air Lines, Opera, Ulker. HAVHAV: He started Havhav.com.tr in December 2017. HavHav is the biggest subscription business in Turkey. www.havhav.com.tr has the same business model with WUFWUF. WUFWUF: After HAVHAV experience, he moved to London and started WUFWUF in 2018.
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About Wufwuf: Monthly joy box subscription for your dog
Jared Ruddy
CEO – Founder of FitCat
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About FitCat: FitCat is an app, a device and a community that keeps your cat in top condition
