Deliveroo Founder - From £0 to £5 Billion: Will Shu

Deliveroo Founder - From £0 to £5 Billion: Will Shu

Deliveroo, wow this company is HUGE! I’m sure most of you would have used it but do you know anything about the guy behind it? My guest this week is Will Shu, founder and CEO of Deliveroo. Born in 1979, the son of Taiwanese immigrants, Shu grew up in New Haven, Connecticut, USA. His mother, a scientist, and father, who worked in insurance. He founded Deliveroo in 2013 with childhood friend and software engineer Greg Orlowski. Deliveroo operated in London for the first two years, growing via word of mouth. It now operates in 12 countries and more than 200 cities. Deliveroo is worth £5 billion, becoming Europes fastest growing company with 2,000+ employees. In mid-June 2016, Will and Greg received an award for the Best Startup Founders as part of The Europas Startup Conference and Awards, mainly given to technology companies. The company also received Fastest Rising Startup of the Year and the Europas Grand Prix award. In December 2017, a study by macroeconomic consultancy Capital Economics revealed that Deliveroo had helped create 7,200 jobs across the restaurant sector since it launched in 2013. It also boosted the industry's revenue by £460 million in the year to June 2017. The report also found that Deliveroo had helped add £372 million in value to the UK economy in the same 12-month period, a figure which Capital Economics projects to rise to £1.5 billion in the year to June 2019. By mid 2020, Deliveroo had not benefited from the COVID-19 pandemic, when demand for food delivery from restaurants and takeaways surged. Deliveroo reported to be cutting 367 jobs (and furloughing 50 more) from its workforce of 2,500. Will talks about how hard this decision was at the time in today's podcast. Will is an incredible entrepreneur, one thats a far cry from the usual braggadocios CEO of a multi billion dollar company. He’s a humble person and lives a very modest lifestyle saying his life hasn’t change much at all since the early days of Deliveroo. This is conversation proved to me that you don’t have to be born an entrepreneur. Follow Will: Twitter - https://twitter.com/willshuroo Follow me: https://beacons.ai/diaryofaceo Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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E28: Tobi Pearce - £100m in Revenue Aged 27

E28: Tobi Pearce - £100m in Revenue Aged 27

In this weeks episode of The Diary of a CEO, I sat down with Tobi Pearce, the CEO of SWEAT. Tobi describes SWEAT as the world’s biggest online digital gym, offering help and guidance for women with their fitness choices and health goals. Australian-born... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

19 Mars 201959min

E27: Adopt a culture of WINNING

E27: Adopt a culture of WINNING

It has been a crazy few travelling weeks for me so I do apologise about the delay in this episode. This week, I discuss the culture of winning. Some people have an ingrained ideology that they will always lose. This is learnt from previous failings, act... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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E26: Johann Hari - We Have Lost our Connections

E26: Johann Hari - We Have Lost our Connections

Books will change your life, and there are so many that have changed mine. In this episode I chat with journalist and author Johann Hari, most well known for writing the New York Times bestselling book ‘Lost Connections; uncovering the real causes of de... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

26 Feb 20191h 8min

E25: We are the Burnout Generation

E25: We are the Burnout Generation

This week has been chaotic. In Chapter Five of The Diary of a CEO I flew back to the UK for an incredibly busy week filled with podcast interviews, speaking appointments, pitching to one of our biggest clients as well as filming an advert campaign. The ... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

19 Feb 201941min

E24: Tom Bilyeu - From Zero Drive to a Net Worth of $400m

E24: Tom Bilyeu - From Zero Drive to a Net Worth of $400m

In this episode of The Diary of a CEO, my entire perception of what an entrepreneur is, is completely turned on it's head. I travelled to a beautiful house in the LA hills to meet with Tom Bilyeu, the founder of Quest Nutrition. In 2014, Quest Nutrition... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

6 Feb 201949min

E23: I am a Slave, My Fear and Therapy

E23: I am a Slave, My Fear and Therapy

In Chapter 3 of The Diary of a CEO I talk about the importance of trusting more. I am a real perfectionist and feel trapped between wanting to control even the smallest details and wanting to let go and delegate. I touch on learning to say no, which I t... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

28 Jan 201936min

E22: Sarah Bahbah - Addiction, Intuition, Success

E22: Sarah Bahbah - Addiction, Intuition, Success

In Chapter 2 of Season 2 of The Diary of a CEO I flew to LA to meet Sarah Bahbah, the 26 year old Palestinian-Australian Artist, Writer and Director. Sarah rose to fame after the release of her photography series ‘Sex and Takeout’ was spotted by... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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E21: Mental Health, Mistakes and My Apologies

E21: Mental Health, Mistakes and My Apologies

Diary of a CEO is back. Welcome to Season 2 of the podcast, Chapter 1 of my new diary. In the time I've been away a lot has happened and a lot has changed. If you're new to the channel, this podcast is where I share my deepest and darkest thoughts, both... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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