胡润研究院发布《2022胡润英国U30创业领袖》

100 名在英国的年轻创业者入选首届胡润英国30 岁以下创业领袖榜

·       健身服装品牌Gymshark的Ben Francis、Catena Capital和Social Chain的Steven Bartlett，以及健身服装品牌TALA的创始人 Grave Beverley，均入选胡润英国U30创业领袖

·       英国拥有“世界上最好的创业生态之一”

·       时尚行业“抢尽风头”，上榜创业者占比最高，其次是食品和饮料行业

·       宗教应用程序Glorify的创始人是最年轻的上榜创业者，年仅23岁

·       伦敦是胡润英国U30人数最多的地区，其次是中部地区

（2022年10月17日，伦敦）胡润研究院今日发布《2022胡润英国U30创业领袖》（Hurun UK Under 30s 2022），列出了100位在英国的30岁及以下最杰出的年轻创业者。

首份胡润英国U30中，既包括知名企业创始人，如健身服装品牌Gymshark的Ben Francis和在线活动平台Hopin的Johnny Boufarhat，也包括企业年销售额已超过100万英镑或已经获得大额融资的不太知名的年轻创业者。

时尚行业上榜创业者占比最高，其次是食品和饮料行业。

29位女性上榜。少数族裔背景的年轻创业者在榜单中也表现优异，反映出英国日益多元化的创业生态。

100位上榜创业者的平均年龄为28岁半。宗教应用程序Glorify的联合创始人Edward Beccle是其中最年轻的，年仅23岁。

胡润百富董事长兼首席调研官胡润表示：“胡润英国U30目的是寻找英国最成功的年轻创业者，他们最有可能在未来创建数十亿美元规模的本土企业。希望这份榜单能激励下一代雄心勃勃的年轻创业者。”

“胡润英国U30的企业平均估值为1亿英镑，这对这些年轻创业者来说非常了不起。虽然这一平均值主要归功于Hopin、Gymshark和Marshmallow等公司，但估值超过1亿英镑的公司可能有十多家。如果他们在30岁的时候就能建立起这么大的企业，想象一下，当他们到了杰夫·贝佐斯、詹姆斯·戴森或沃伦·巴菲特的年纪时，他们会有多大的规模。你可以有把握地说，他们是未来最有可能成为十亿美金富豪的人，尤其是在创始人团队和投资机构日益懂得如何专注于价值创造而非销售的情况下。”

在胡润英国U30中，牛津大学的校友最多，其次是巴斯大学和华威大学。世界级大学对于成功的创业生态至关重要。

英国拥有世界上最好的创业生态之一，排在美国、中国和印度之后，排名第四，有46家独角兽企业（2000年以后成立的价值十亿美元以上的非上市公司）和30家瞪羚企业（2000年以后成立的价值5亿美元以上的非上市公司，且最有可能在三年内成为独角兽）。

胡润表示：“一个成功的创业生态需要榜样，既包括个人，如胡润富豪榜系列上的超级财富创造者，也包括企业，如胡润500强系列上的企业。如果一个城市或国家能够吸引世界上最成功的企业家和公司，那将产生连锁效应。企业家精神是有感染力的，有很多榜样的城市很可能会吸引最聪明、最优秀的年轻创业者。”

“投资机构的角色正在演变为指导和扩大机会，而不仅仅是提供资金。全球领先的风险投资机构正在用他们的投资组合构建生态系统，这对全球快速成长的初创企业具有巨大吸引力。拥有顶级风险投资机构的投资，将极大地增加初创企业的可信度。”

“胡润百富致力于通过有质量的榜单和调研，弘扬企业家精神。你看到的每一个成功的初创企业背后，都有成千上万的失败公司，以及新一代的未来独角兽公司。希望这份英国U30榜单能帮助年轻创业者为自己的企业找到榜样。”

Reiss和Kristian Edgerton兄弟创立了快速发展的女子健身服品牌AYBL。和女友Alice Cross一起，Reiss创立了Because of Alice。值得注意的是，Edgerton兄弟和Gymshark创始人Ben Francis和Lewis Morgan是校友，这使伍斯特郡的南布罗姆斯格罗夫中学成为胡润英国U30校友人数最多的学校。

Grace Beverley创立了健身服装品牌TALA，自2019年推出以来，该品牌的销售额已超过1000万英镑。

Natalie Glaze和Zanna van Dyke共同创立了由回收塑料制成的泳装品牌Stay Wild Swim。

Alexander和Oliver Kent-Braham是榜单上第一个成立独角兽——金融科技公司Marshmallow的英国黑人兄弟。

Harry Stebbings凭借“20分钟VC”播客成名，之后以自己的实力成为一名科技投资者。这位大学辍学生已经筹集了超过1亿英镑的资金来支持英国的初创企业。

内衣零售商Lounge Underwear的Dan和Melanie Marsden夫妇展示了社交媒体的巨大潜力，去年他们的销售额达到了5500万英镑。

Stephen Bartlett成为BBC真人秀节目《龙穴》中最年轻的企业家成员。22岁时，他与Dominic McGregor共同创办了Social Chain，营收增长至1.5亿英镑左右，之后与一家德国公司合并了数字媒体业务。Bartlett现在已经启动了他的私募股权公司Catena Capital。

13位上榜创业者从事时尚行业，11位从事食品和饮料行业，9位从事医疗健康行业，8位从事市场营销。

60位上榜创业者的企业位于伦敦，利兹、曼彻斯特、雷迪奇、索利哈尔也是热门地区。

牛津大学6名校友上榜，其次是巴斯大学和华威大学，分别有5名校友，卡迪夫大学、杜伦大学、埃克塞特大学、伦敦经济学院、曼彻斯特大学、诺丁汉特伦特大学和伦敦大学学院分别有3名校友上榜。

四对兄弟姐妹上榜——Edgerton兄弟、Kerr姐妹、Kent-Braham兄弟和Holmes-Darby兄弟。

宠物用品品牌Pets Purest的创始人Evie和Oliver Bristowe也入选了胡润英国U30。

这100位胡润英国U30创业领袖是胡润U30创业系列中的一部分。胡润U30创业系列包括来自10个国家的1000多名30岁以下创业领袖，其他来自中国、印度、美国、加拿大、德国、西班牙、韩国、阿联酋和澳大利亚。

《2022胡润英国U30创业领袖》

地区和城市分布

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颠覆方式

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最成功的校友会

17人没有上过大学，83人至少获得了一个学位。6人就读于海外大学，其中分别有2人来自美国和中国，分别有1人来自荷兰和意大利。5人上了大学，但不清楚是哪所大学。

《2022胡润英国U30创业领袖》人物简介

Mark Abraham

Abraham named Shackle after the iconic explorer Ernest Shackleton. His London-based tech firm’s app digitises checking in and other processes for hotel visitors. In July 2022 Shackle raised seed funding of around £5m.

Tobi Ajala

TechTee develops software for Gucci, Deutsche Bank and Nike. Ajala founded the business after working as a programmer for Apple and the BBC. She has grown TechTee’s turnover to more than £1 million.

Sean Ali

Ali has overcome Hodgkin's Lymphona to grow his superfoods brand Rheal, which he started with Charlotte Bailey. The pair have sold their snacks, powders and other healthy products to more than 100,000 customers and are expected to grow sales to more than £6.9m this year.

Timothy Armoo

Digital agency Fanbytes specialises in producing content for Warner Music, McDonald's, Deliveroo and the British government. Armoo launched the venture during the second year of his computer science degree. He raised £2 million of funding and grew his workforce to 60 before selling up in the summer of 2022.

Ben Askins

Verb Brands is a digital agency specialising in luxury brands with offices in London, Manchester and Shanghai. Harrods, Bugatti and Net-a-Porter are all clients. Turnover in January 2021 alone exceeded £400,000. Askins co-founded Verb in 2013 and sold the venture last year. He will continue to serve as managing director.

Alexandra Auger

The Juice Executive makes fruit juice, smoothies and other drinks. Auger founded and owns the Kent-based manufacturer, which has grown annual turnover to £1.8 million - 70% of which is to corporate clients.

Charlotte Bailey

Bailey and her business partner Sean Ali set up their superfoods brand Rheal in their final year at Nottingham Trent University. Sales of the pair's snacks, powders and other healthy products are expected to top £6.9m this year.

Steven Bartlett

Bartlett in 2021 became the youngest entrepreneur to become a panelist on the BBC’s Dragons’ Den. At the age of 22 he launched Social Chain with Dominic McGregor, growing revenues to  around £150 million before merging the digital media business with a German firm. Bartlett has now launched his private equity operation, Catena Capital.

Charlie Baron

Baron and Hugo Tilmouth run theup,co. The pair’s venture began with ChargedUp, providing access to charging banks for phone and tablets kept at more than 30,000 bars and other hospitality venues across Europe. During the pandemic they expanded to offer payments and sanitiser services for the hospitality industry. theup.co last year secured £7 million of investment.

James Barthorpe

Food Circle Supermarket buys excess stock from manufacturers that would otherwise be wasted and sells it on to customers. Barthorpe co-founded the business with Paul Simpson, growing annual turnover to £1.5 million within three years.

Edward Beccle

Beccle co-founded Glorify, an app that helps Christians follow daily habits of worship and scripture readings. A £29.4 million fundraising recently valued the business at £184 million. He sold his earlier mentoring serving to the coaching business Hintsa in 2021.

Dan Beckles

Beckles and his childhood friend Monty George set up Furniture Box in 2015. The Wiltshire-based retailer sells beds, sofas and other products imported from China. Sales grew to £9.4 million in 2020.

Grace Beverley

Beverley's gym clothing brand TALA has generated sales of more than £10 million since its launch in 2019. She previously launched the fitness app Shreddy, which gives gym users workout advice.

Johnny Boufarhat

Australian-born Boufarhat launched Hopin in early 2020. The video conferencing service thrived during the pandemic, with a fundraising in August 2021 valuing the business at more than £5.7 billion.

Leo Bowden

Belfast-based Bowden Property is the largest independent letting agency in Northern Ireland. Bowden founded the business in 2017 and has grown annual turnover to £1.7 million.

Joe Brammer

Brammer co-founded Bulkhead Interactive, the software developer behind hits games including The Turing Test and Battalion 1944. Japan's Square Enix bought a 20% stake in the company for £2 million in 2018.

Anna Brightman

A former area manager at supermarket giant Aldi, Brightman launched UpCircle Beauty with her brother William. Their ethical cosmetics brand makes scrubs and other products from waste ground coffee, generating annual sales of more than £1 million.

Evie Bristowe

Bristowe met her husband Oliver at primary school. The pair founded their pet treatment business with £600 in 2017 and have grown annual sales to £6.3m.

Oliver Bristowe

Bristowe teamed up with his wife Evie to launch Pets Purest, which sells treatments and snacks for cats, dogs and other animals. Annual sales have grown to £6.3 million.

Chris Butcher

Cheq Payments helps Deliveroo and other gig economy operators predict cashflows and manage fluctuation earnings. Software developer Butcher co-founded the fintech, which raised £1.7m in May 2022 - adding to £8m already secured.

Charlotte Casebourne

Casebourne co-founded and runs an Oxford University spinout that develops viruses that combat cancer. Theolytics has raised nearly £7.4 million of funding since it was founded in 2017.

Kyle Cassidy

Cassidy set up his Lincolnshire-based garden furniture retailer in 2019, teaming up with Philips Hue and other upmarket brands. Talor’s sales doubled to £2.6m in 2021.

Raphael Chow

Chow launched the first business to consumer VAT refund app after working for Deloite. His London-based fintech has attracted £3.7m of funding and has so far helped more than 70,000 people from 88 countries reclaim sales taxes. Chow also runs The Nest, which is billed as "a community of exceptional Chinese diaspora entrepreneurs in Britain".

Sam Coley

Coley set up a price comparison site for music gig tickets with Steve Pearce in 2015, attracting around £4 million of investment from Ministry of Sound and other backers. The pair have now pivoted TickX into a software developer for the travel and events industries.

Sam Cox

Better known as Mr Doodle, Cox held the sale of his first NFTs in July 2021. His work Spring sold for around £740,000 at the Tokyo Chuo Auction in 2019. The squiggly illustrator has 2.7 million followers on Instagram.

Alice Cross

After building up a following as an Instagram influencer, Cross launched her fashion label Because of Alice with her boyfriend Reiss Edgerton. He had previously set up the ath-leisure brand AYBL. Because of Alice generated £1.8 million sales in its first year of trading.

Nick D’Aloisio

D'Aloisio developed Summly while still at school, selling the news filtering app to Yahoo for around £20 million before his 18th birthday. His follow-up venture Sphere connects strangers with common interests on social media and was sold to Twitter in 2021 for an undisclosed sum. 

Samuel Darkin

Darkin runs Apex Aero, which supplies reconditioned airplane parts for Boeing and Airbus craft. The Horsham-based firm's latest accounts show stock and other assets worth nearly £5 million on its balance sheet.

Matt Davis

Perlego is billed as the Netflix for textbooks. The ebooks platform specialises in academic and non-fiction titles. Davis co-founded the business with Gauthier Van Malderen. Perlego secured around £3.5 million of funding in 2018.

Kristian Edgerton

Edgerton set up women’s gymwear brand AYBL with his brother Reiss in 2018. Gymshark founder Lewis Morgan joined the business as executive chairman in late 2021, buying a stake that values AYBL at £50 million.

Reiss Edgerton

Edgerton was at school with Gymshark founders Ben Francis and Lewis Morgan. After building and selling watch brand Tayroc, he set up gym wear business AYBL with his brother Kristian and generated a £2.4 million profit in 2020-21.

Kyriakos Eleftheriou

Terra makes it easier for software developers to access fitness and health data from sports watches and other gadgets. A former commando in the Cypriot special forces, Eleftheriou co-founded the operation with Raouf Yousfi. The pair secured £2.1 million of investment from General Catalyst in June 2021.

Christian Facey

AudioMob specialises in developing in unobtrusive in-game advertising. Facey set up the developer after working for Google and has raised £11.8 million of funding - valuing the operation at £81 million.

Georgina Felce

Felce is COO and co-founder of Talewind, a development studio operating within the "Roblox" metaverse. The Bournemouth-based outfit has raised more than £3.4m of investment.

Ben Francis

University dropout Francis set up Gymshark with Lewis Morgan from his parents’ house in 2012. Eight years later the pair sold a stake to US investor General Atlantic valuing the ath-leisure clothing brand at around £1 billion.

Matthew Geleta

Geleta founded Hurr with Victoria Prew. The fashion rentals business attracted £4.1 million investment in a funding round towards the end of the 2021. Geleta has now moved on to work elsewhere.

Monty George

George was still in his teens went when he began selling quad bikes imported from China. In 2015 he set up Furniture Box, which sells imported sofas, tables, and beds. The Wiltshire-based retailer grew profits to £1.5 million in 2020.

Samuel Gill

Sylvera helps companies make better decisions about which carbon credits to buy. Gill founded the business, which has raised more than