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 Property Development 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.
Mark Hirschfield
CEO & Director of A.H.Field Properties
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About A.H.Field Properties, Conscious 2, Copypress, Orbital Witness, Techstars, Techtopia, Techtopia: A.H.Field Properties is a real estate company that specializes in property management, selling, renting of houses and apartments.
Robert Bull
CEO of RoyaleLife
Robert Lee Jack Bull serves as Chief Executive Officer of RoyaleLife, which has been developing properties since 1945. Under Bull’s guidance, the company has pursued the construction of single-story residences for adults age 45 and older, even as other developers have moved away from this segment of the housing market. Within RoyaleLife, Robert Bull’s role is largely to cast a vision for the company and to build a team. He touches base with department directors on a daily basis to ensure that the entire company is working together toward the same common goals. Right now, those goals are providing more housing for the U.K.’s aging population.
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About RoyaleLife: The UK’s Largest Bungalow Provider
Michael Ingall
Chairman and CEO of Allied London Properties
Featured in the Sunday Times Debretts top 500 most influential people, Allied London’s CEO Michael Ingall plays a fundamental role in the nation’s property market and in particular, city centre redevelopment. Michael Ingall has over 30 years corporate and real estate development experience, and is one of the founders and principal owners of the new Allied London, taking the business private in 2000. With the help of a dedicated and experienced team, Michael has created one of the UK’s most successful private real estate companies. Michael’s ability to blend vision with technical and financial skills has established Allied London as a leader and authority in the area of complex city centre redevelopment. Michael is a qualified chartered surveyor and is a Fellow of Royal Institute of British Architects. He has over 60 industry awards and was given the accolade of Developer of the Decade in 2000 by Property Week.
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About Allied London Properties: Allied London Properties provides devises, designs, and delivers mixed-use real estate developments, buildings, and concepts in London.
Marc Vlessing
Co-Founder & CEO of Pocket
Marc has a background in City corporate finance, company management and venture capital. Marc brings management, marketing and strategic direction to Pocket. Marc is also chairman of ProVen Growth & Income VCT Plc.
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About Pocket: Pocket is a pioneering private property developer delivering affordable homes in London.
Jamie Holmes
CEO of VU.CITY
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About VU.CITY: SaaS scale-up helping real estate professionals make better design and planning decisions, faster
Ronak Ruparell
Co-founder and CEO of Bridge Invest
Ronak has a multi-disciplined background in finance and property and has a successful track record of building investor relationships with private individuals and family offices across the UK, East Africa and the Middle East. Ronak was an Executive Director at Lehman Brothers, both in London and New York, where he spent 13 years in various roles both in Fixed Income and Equities. Since 2008, he has been involved in a number of entrepreneurial ventures including the development of 7 flats in London with a GDV of £10M. Ronak graduated with a degree in Mathematics and an MSc in Operational Research from the London School of Economics.
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About Bridge Invest: Boutique short term finance provider in the UK property market
Tim Struth
CEO of QuoinStone Investment Management
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About QuoinStone Investment Management: QuoinStone Investment Management is a specialist UK focused, value-add real estate investor
