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 EBooks 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.
Andrew Baev
CEO of Bookmate
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About Bookmate: Bookmate is mobile story-on-the-go subscription service providing convenient access to ebooks, audiobooks and other long-form content
Rossa Shanks
CEO & Co-Founder of GLP – Great Little Place
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About GLP – Great Little Place: GLP – Great Little Place is your little black book of great little places.
Simon Maylott
CEO & Co-Founder of Indie Media Labs
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About Indie Media Labs: SaaS digital publishing and distribution service for book publishers and direct to consumer whitelabel all-in-one publishing platform
Ian Miles
Chairman & CEO of Abbey House Media
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About Abbey House Media: Abbey House Media Inc., doing business as BooksOnBoard, Inc., operates as an online retailer of eBooks and audio books.
Richard Blackwell
Co-Founder & CEO of Quinn Blackwell Media Ltd
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About Quinn Blackwell Media Ltd: A New Audiovisual Platform for Audiobooks & eBooks
Tom Hodgkinson
Founder, CEO and Editor of Idler Academy
Tom Hodgkinson (born 1968) is a British writer, and the editor of The Idler, which he established in 1993 with his friend Gavin Pretor-Pinney. His philosophy, in his published books and articles, is of a relaxed approach to life, enjoying it as it comes rather than toiling for an imagined better future.
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About Idler Academy: The Idler is a quirky brand comprising online course business, quarterly journal, book publisher.
