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 Birmingham based CEO’ operating in the E-Commerce 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.
Nick Holzherr
Founder & CEO of Whisk
Whisk helps turn food inspiration into meals on the table, through software that makes the process seamless for users. Nick now leads Whisk at Samsung NEXT, Samsung’s software and innovation division. Before Whisk was acquired by Samsung in March 2019, Whisk had grown from a team of 2 to 32, integrating the world’s largest food ecosystem players in the US, UK, Australia and Germany. As a serial entrepreneur, Nick raised over $2m in VC funding to first found Whisk after pitching Whisk.com to Lord Sugar in the final of the BBC Apprentice 2012, where he achieved the series’ best task-win record. In 2017 Nick was awarded an honorary doctorate from Aston University. Nick and his businesses have been featured in leading publications including Newsweek, The Guardian, The Telegraph, The BBC and The Next Web.
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About Air, Samsung NEXT, Whisk: Whisk powers the creation, discovery, personalization, and monetization of food content online, in-store, and at home.
Steve Hewitt
Chief Executive Officer of Gymshark
Steve Hewitt is the chief executive officer at Gymshark and the principal owner of Sandee Worldwide Limited. He is a former CEO at Sport Brands Group.
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About : Gymshark is an online retailer and technology company of fitness apparel and accessories brands.
Forrest Collier
CEO of eMeals.com
Forrest Collier is an Internet entrepreneur who serves as CEO of eMeals.com, the leading provider of digital meal plans that are integrated with the grocery delivery and pickup services of Walmart, Amazon, Kroger, Shipt and Instacart. eMeals publishes 15 weekly food style plans such as Clean Eating, Paleo, and Low Carb and has helped over a million families eat healthy home cooked meals. Prior to eMeals.com, Forrest was CEO of InternetSafety.com, maker of the Safe Eyes family safety software, which was acquired by McAfee, Inc. Before InternetSafety.com, Forrest was COO and a founding member of the management team of Highland Capital Holding Corporation.
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About eMeals.com: eMeals is the leading digital meal planning platform with integrated grocery pickup and delivery services.
Anthony Cook
CEO of Mobile Fun
Anthony Cook is Founder @ Mobile Fun.
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About Mobile Fun: Mobile Fun is an e-commerce retailer of mobile device accessories.
Melissa Snover
Founder, Chief Executive Officer & Board Member of Nourished
Melissa Snover CEO and founder of Nourished.
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About Goody Good Stuff, Nourished: Nourished provides a customized nutrition product that uses patented 3D printing technology to create bespoke gummy vitamins on demand.
Aidan Burley
Co-Founder & former CEO of Friction Free Shaving
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About Friction Free Shaving: UK razor delivery service designed exclusively for women.
Brian Elias
CEO of DontGo
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About DontGo: DontGo’s patented technology reinvents Chat by utilizing AI to solve how companies convert their web visitors into customers
Terrance G. Finley
President & CEO of Books A Million
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About Books A Million: Books A Million is a book retailing company that sells books, magazines, collectibles, toys, electronics and accessories, and gifts.
