{"id":18826,"date":"2022-05-13T00:12:31","date_gmt":"2022-05-13T00:12:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beststartup.co.uk\/leedss-5-most-impressive-successful-ceos-in-the-internet-space\/"},"modified":"2022-05-13T00:12:31","modified_gmt":"2022-05-13T00:12:31","slug":"leedss-5-most-impressive-successful-ceos-in-the-internet-space","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beststartup.co.uk\/leedss-5-most-impressive-successful-ceos-in-the-internet-space\/","title":{"rendered":"Leeds&#8217;s 5 Most Impressive &#038; Successful CEO&#8217;s in the Internet Space"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>At <a href=\"https:\/\/beststartup.co.uk\/\">Best Startup UK<\/a> 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. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This list showcases the top Leeds based CEO&#8217; operating in the Internet space. If you think a CEO&#8217; is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on editor@beststartup.co.uk. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Innovation<\/strong> &#8211; Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup. <\/li><li><strong>Growth<\/strong> &#8211; Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup. <\/li><li><strong>Management<\/strong> &#8211; Showing exceptional management skills. <\/li><li><strong>Societal impact<\/strong> &#8211; Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-text-color has-background\" style=\"background-color:#be2e33\"><strong>Our Data<\/strong> &#8211; We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as <a href=\"http:\/\/companieshouse.gov.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Companies House UK<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/crunchbase.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Crunchbase<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/semrush.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SemRush<\/a> and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column has-white-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-164b9d23142f159f41f438792ac2a174 is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"background-color:#0a2066;padding-top:2em;padding-right:2em;padding-bottom:2em;padding-left:2em\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 154 152'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/crunchbase-production\/image\/upload\/c_thumb,h_256,w_256,f_auto,g_faces,z_0.7,q_auto:eco,dpr_1\/v1491298074\/xyvmkdbqj0l2zxo5q8mv.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-14850\" width=\"154\" height=\"152\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"has-white-color has-text-color wp-block-heading\" id=\"single\" style=\"font-size:40px\"><strong>Leon Doyle<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-normal-font-size\" style=\"line-height:1.5\"><strong>CEO &#038; Co-Founder of WIFIPLUG<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Follow Leon Doyle: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"has-black-color has-white-background-color has-text-color has-background wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crunchbase.com\/person\/leon-doyle\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Crunchbase<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/leondoyle\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Linkedin<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About myma.io, WIFIPLUG: <\/strong>myma.io &#8211; the IoT cloud that powers WIFIPLUG<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"has-black-color has-white-background-color has-text-color has-background wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wifiplug.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Website<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crunchbase.com\/organization\/wifi-plug\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Crunchbase<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company-beta\/3309539\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Linkedin<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons alignfull is-horizontal is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-499968f5 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n_______\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\"><div class=\"wp-block-column has-white-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-1c484337f96681bb9f467a9435545d72 is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"background-color:#0a2066;padding-top:2em;padding-right:2em;padding-bottom:2em;padding-left:2em\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 154 152'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/crunchbase-production\/image\/upload\/c_thumb,h_256,w_256,f_auto,g_faces,z_0.7,q_auto:eco,dpr_1\/kwa2mays4mn0chlujn6e\" alt=\"\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-14850\" width=\"154\" height=\"152\"\/><\/figure><\/div><h2 class=\"has-white-color has-text-color wp-block-heading\" id=\"single\" style=\"font-size:40px\"><strong>Paul Roberts<\/strong><\/h2><p class=\"has-normal-font-size\" style=\"line-height:1.5\"><strong>Founder &#038; CEO of Nomify<\/strong><\/p><p><\/p><p><strong>Follow Paul Roberts: <\/strong><\/p><ul class=\"has-black-color has-white-background-color has-text-color has-background wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crunchbase.com\/person\/paul-roberts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Crunchbase<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/paul-roberts-7467399\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Linkedin<\/a><\/li><\/ul><p><strong>About Nomify: <\/strong>Nomify is an app that provides the entire company&#8217;s employee engagement with news, events, nominations, and staff holiday planning.<\/p><ul class=\"has-black-color has-white-background-color has-text-color has-background wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nomify.me\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Website<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crunchbase.com\/organization\/nomify\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Crunchbase<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/nomifyme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Linkedin<\/a><\/li><\/ul><div class=\"wp-block-buttons alignfull is-horizontal is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-499968f5 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\"><div class=\"wp-block-column has-white-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-1db9753da9084a49d09c589ac2f69bf5 is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"background-color:#0a2066;padding-top:2em;padding-right:2em;padding-bottom:2em;padding-left:2em\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 154 152'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/crunchbase-production\/image\/upload\/c_lpad,h_256,w_256,f_auto,q_auto:eco,dpr_1\/hyccmv3n1tfuniduju6n\" alt=\"\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-14850\" width=\"154\" height=\"152\"\/><\/figure><\/div><h2 class=\"has-white-color has-text-color wp-block-heading\" id=\"single\" style=\"font-size:40px\"><strong>Alex Durrant<\/strong><\/h2><p class=\"has-normal-font-size\" style=\"line-height:1.5\"><strong>Co-Founder and CEO of Jigsaw<\/strong><\/p><p>Alex Durrant is the Co-Founder and CEO of Jigsaw.<\/p><p><strong>Follow Alex Durrant: <\/strong><\/p><ul class=\"has-black-color has-white-background-color has-text-color has-background wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crunchbase.com\/person\/alex-durrant\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Crunchbase<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/alexanderdurrant\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Linkedin<\/a><\/li><\/ul><p><strong>About Jigsaw: <\/strong>Jigsaw develops a dating app that covers the user&#8217;s face in a jigsaw puzzle.<\/p><ul class=\"has-black-color has-white-background-color has-text-color has-background wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/jigsaw.co\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Website<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crunchbase.com\/organization\/jigtalk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Crunchbase<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/jigsawthedatingapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Linkedin<\/a><\/li><\/ul><div class=\"wp-block-buttons alignfull is-horizontal is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-499968f5 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\"><div class=\"wp-block-column has-white-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-96a0b82cc65061f5f6a9cc3c8b5ad113 is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"background-color:#0a2066;padding-top:2em;padding-right:2em;padding-bottom:2em;padding-left:2em\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 154 152'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/crunchbase-production\/image\/upload\/c_lpad,h_256,w_256,f_auto,q_auto:eco,dpr_1\/qddaz7st4v4nrajloz9a\" alt=\"\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-14850\" width=\"154\" height=\"152\"\/><\/figure><\/div><h2 class=\"has-white-color has-text-color wp-block-heading\" id=\"single\" style=\"font-size:40px\"><strong>Revannth N Murugesan<\/strong><\/h2><p class=\"has-normal-font-size\" style=\"line-height:1.5\"><strong>CEO of Antonym<\/strong><\/p><p>A visionary mobility entrepreneur, investor, speaker, engineer, former motorsport racer, and an ardent environmentalist. Currently heading an award-winning automotive tech company that is developing electric self-driving vehicles.<\/p><p><strong>Follow Revannth N Murugesan: <\/strong><\/p><ul class=\"has-black-color has-white-background-color has-text-color has-background wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crunchbase.com\/person\/revannth-n-murugesan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Crunchbase<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/revannthuk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Linkedin<\/a><\/li><\/ul><p><strong>About Antonym: <\/strong>Award-winning electric autonomous transportation addressing the \u00a31.8 trillion road freight market.<\/p><ul class=\"has-black-color has-white-background-color has-text-color has-background wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/antonym.city\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Website<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crunchbase.com\/organization\/carbon-performance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Crunchbase<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/antonymtech\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Linkedin<\/a><\/li><\/ul><div class=\"wp-block-buttons alignfull is-horizontal is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-499968f5 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\"><div class=\"wp-block-column has-white-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-79d2c14a2d5683d488f6519a0b82cc87 is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"background-color:#0a2066;padding-top:2em;padding-right:2em;padding-bottom:2em;padding-left:2em\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 154 152'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/crunchbase-production\/image\/upload\/c_lpad,h_256,w_256,f_auto,q_auto:eco,dpr_1\/lqmqbijvjzvdn5hhcrrf\" alt=\"\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-14850\" width=\"154\" height=\"152\"\/><\/figure><\/div><h2 class=\"has-white-color has-text-color wp-block-heading\" id=\"single\" style=\"font-size:40px\"><strong>Jonathan Marsden<\/strong><\/h2><p class=\"has-normal-font-size\" style=\"line-height:1.5\"><strong>Co-Founder and CEO of The Technology Group<\/strong><\/p><p>Jonathan Marsden is the co-founder and CEO of The Technology Group. Prior to joining The Technology Group, Jonathan served as a director at Admiral.<\/p><p><strong>Follow Jonathan Marsden: <\/strong><\/p><ul class=\"has-black-color has-white-background-color has-text-color has-background wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crunchbase.com\/person\/jonathan-marsden\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Crunchbase<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/jmarsden22\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Linkedin<\/a><\/li><\/ul><p><strong>About The Technology Group: <\/strong>The Technology Group is a managed communications provider that specializes in voice over IP, video, chat, and collaboration technologies.<\/p><ul class=\"has-black-color has-white-background-color has-text-color has-background wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.technology-group.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Website<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crunchbase.com\/organization\/the-technology-group-052d\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Crunchbase<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/the-technology-group-www-technology-group-com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Linkedin<\/a><\/li><\/ul><div class=\"wp-block-buttons alignfull is-horizontal is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-499968f5 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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 Leeds based CEO&#8217; operating in the Internet space. If you think a CEO&#8217; 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 &#8211; Operating as a key<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":15880,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[670],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18826","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-people"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beststartup.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Britain.png?fit=2000%2C1000&ssl=1","wps_subtitle":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/beststartup.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18826","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/beststartup.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/beststartup.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beststartup.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beststartup.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18826"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/beststartup.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18826\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beststartup.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15880"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/beststartup.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18826"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beststartup.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18826"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beststartup.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18826"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}