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 Product operating in the Shopping space. If you think a Product 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.
Vincent Thome
Product of Klarna
Vincent Thome is the Product of Klarna.
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About Klarna: Klarna is an e-commerce payment solutions platform for merchants and shoppers.
Holly Kennedy
Head of Product UX Design, Customer Domain of IKEA
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About IKEA: IKEA Systems offers a wide range of well-designed, functional home furnishing products.
Denise Jones
Senior Product Manager of Letgo
Denise Jones is a 20-year veteran of the Seattle tech industry, at such companies as Microsoft, Corbis Corp., and Expedia. She spent ten years as a database engineer and architect, and transitioned to program and product management at Microsoft. In 2015 she transferred to Expedia’s London office, where she is the product owner for a backend site service that integrates data science algorithms. She is one of the co-presidents of Women at Expedia.
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About Hotels, Letgo: Letgo is a second-hand shopping app that helps users buy and sell locally.
Peter O’Shaughnessy
Senior Front-End Developer (Product Engineer) of Waitrose
Peter enjoys coding demos, writing blog posts and speaking at events about the latest web technologies. He has been a developer in various industries since 2003, with a growing focus on innovation and the web. Previously he helped the world’s largest education company to experiment with new technologies and led the development of a Bluetooth locker application for a global logistics company. In 2016 he joined Samsung to help developers create excellent web applications.
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About Waitrose: Waitrose is a chain of British supermarkets, which forms the food retail division of Britain’s largest employee-owned retailer.
Laurence Parry
Lead Administrator and Product Owner of Inkbunny
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About Inkbunny: Inkbunny is a furry art community, showcasing artwork, comics, stories, music and animations for fans of anthropomorphic animals.
