Judith Clegg

Judith Clegg is a British strategy consultant, technology entrepreneur, and angel investor. She is the founder and CEO of Takeout, a strategy consultancy based in London and New York City, and founder of The Glasshouse, a support network for tech entrepreneurs and investors. She was named one of the Fifty Most Influential Britons in Technology by The Daily Telegraph in 2009, and one of the Fifty Most Inspiring Women in European Tech by the Inspiring Fifty organisation in 2015.

Early life and education

Judith Clegg was introduced to entrepreneurship at a young age by her father and grandfather, who were both entrepreneurs.[1] Her father encouraged her and her sister to learn how to code when they were 7 or 8 years old.[2] She attended an all-girls secondary school.[1]

Clegg earned her bachelor of science degree, first class, in management science at Warwick Business School in 1993.[3]

Career

After graduation, she joined Arthur Andersen as a management consultant from 1993 to 1997.[3]

In June 1998[3] she founded The Glasshouse, a support network for tech entrepreneurs and investors.[4] The Glasshouse began hosting networking conferences, dubbed "Second Chance Tuesday", for 40 to 300 attendees in London; in 2010 it branched into New York City,[5] and since then has staged networking events in San Francisco, Boston, Prague, and Sydney.[6][7]

From 2004 to 2006 she was associate director of the Egremont Group, a private equity consultancy.[3] From 2006 to 2007 she was an advisor to Ministry of Sound, and from 2008 to 2009 was an interim director of loyalty marketing for Barclaycard.[3] From 2008 to 2012 she was the non-executive director of Onalytica, Ltd.[3]

In February 2006 Clegg founded Venturing Unlimited, later renamed Takeout. Described as a "boutique consultancy", Takeout is a tech cluster that unites large companies with entrepreneurs and startup companies to "find new revenue streams, new markets, new partners, and new lines of business".[3][8] Takeout's larger clients include Thomson Reuters, Samsung, and Microsoft, and startups such as Ministry of Sound, and YO! Sushi.[4]

Clegg was also co-CEO, with Gill Sinclair, of Ancient Roots, a company focusing on "ancient wisdom" applied to modern health and wellbeing.[9] She is an angel investor in So Far Sounds, Not Safe For Work Corporation, True Office, and Analytica.[6] She is a founding member of the Soho House in London.[10]

Other activities

Clegg is a member of the Tech City Advisory Board which provides strategic consulting for the British Government in the East London technology sector.[3] She is also a member of the advisory board of Silicon Valley Comes to the UK, a program of entrepreneurial meetups.[3]

She is a co-founder of the Battersea Courage Trust charity.[9]

Honors and awards

In 2015 she was named one of the Fifty Most Inspiring Women in European Tech by the Inspiring Fifty organisation.[4]

Wired listed Clegg on The Wired 100: Top Digital Power Brokers in Britain for three years running, ranking her #97 in 2010,[11] #77 in 2011,[12] and #82 in 2012.[13]

In 2009 she was ranked #47 of the 50 Most Influential Britons in Technology by The Daily Telegraph.[14]

Personal

Clegg maintains residences in London and New York City.[15] She is an avid sailor who has sailed the Pacific Ocean from Tahiti to Auckland, New Zealand.[9]

Selected articles

References

  1. 1 2 "Building technology to make the world a better place: Interview with Judith Clegg – Part 2". Simple Web. 18 May 2015. Retrieved 23 September 2015.
  2. ↑ "Boards With More Diverse People Have Better Financial Results: Interview With Judith Clegg – Part 1". Simple Web. 11 May 2015. Retrieved 23 September 2015.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Judith Clegg". LinkedIn. 2015. Retrieved 23 September 2015.
  4. 1 2 3 "Meet the Fifty Most Inspiring Women in European Tech". Inspiring Fifty. 2015. Retrieved 23 September 2015.
  5. ↑ Yiannopoulos, Milo (22 November 2010). "Watch out New York, here come London's tech stars". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 23 September 2015.
  6. 1 2 Pickard, Michael (27 November 2012). "Clegg's View From Inside The Glasshouse". Tech City Insider. Retrieved 23 September 2015.
  7. ↑ Cassidy, Nigel (23 October 2006). "Second Tuesday turns back dotcom clock". BBC News. Retrieved 23 September 2015.
  8. ↑ Chynoweth, Carly (31 March 2013). "Act Like a Start-up To Grow". The Sunday Times. Retrieved 23 September 2015.
  9. 1 2 3 "Executive Profile: Judith Clegg". Bloomberg Businessweek. 2015. Retrieved 23 September 2015.
  10. ↑ Tiku, Nitasha (4 October 2011). "For Soho House, The Tech Set Is The New Clubbable Class". The Observer. Retrieved 23 September 2015.
  11. ↑ "The Wired 100: Positions 51 to 100". Wired. 1 April 2010. Retrieved 23 September 2015.
  12. ↑ "2nd annual Wired 100: Positions 79-50". Wired. 6 May 2011. Retrieved 23 September 2015.
  13. ↑ "The 2012 Wired 100". Wired. 2 July 2012. Retrieved 23 September 2015.
  14. ↑ "The 50 most influential Britons in technology: part one". The Daily Telegraph. 23 September 2009. Retrieved 23 September 2015.
  15. ↑ "Featured Passenger: Judith Clegg, Founder and CEO of London and New York based innovation and strategy consultancy Takeout". 3460miles.com. 5 November 2013. Retrieved 23 September 2015.

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