Grace Beverley

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Grace Beverley
Born
Grace Margaret Beverley

(1997-02-16) 16 February 1997 (age 27)
London, England
Occupations
  • Influencer
  • Entrepreneur
  • Podcaster
Known for
  • TALA
  • Shreddy

Grace Margaret Beverley is an English entrepreneur, influencer, and podcaster. [1] She is the founder of TALA, Shreddy and The Productivity Method. [2] Formerly known online by her moniker GraceFitUK, Beverley founded TALA and Shreddy whilst studying music at St Peter's College, Oxford. [3]

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Early life and education

Grace Margaret Beverley was born in London, England, on 16 February 1997 to Victoria Broackes, a curator at the Victoria and Albert Museum (daughter of multimillionaire businessman Sir Nigel Broackes), [4] [5] and Peter Beverley, the head of a business consultancy firm. She is the third of four daughters. [6] [7]

Beverley attended Francis Holland School [8] and St Paul's Girls' School. [9] As a teenager, she was head chorister at Salisbury Cathedral. [7] She received a choral scholarship at St Peter's College, Oxford, where she studied music as an undergraduate, [10] graduating in 2019, [11] and receiving her Master of Arts in 2023. [12] [ failed verification ]

Career

Social media influencer

At the age of 18, Beverley began to grow her social media accounts - primarily YouTube and Instagram under the name GraceFitUK. [13] She marketed herself as a lifestyle vlogger with a focus on fitness, studying at Oxford, and veganism. She now has an audience of over 1 million followers on these platforms. [12] [3] She also sold resistance bands and workout plans [12] and worked with international brands such as fitness company Gymshark. [14] YMU talent agency signed Grace Beverley in April 2024. [15]

Businesses

Beverley has established three companies: TALA, Shreddy, and The Productivity Method.

TALA

TALA is a sportswear and fashion brand that markets itself as providing ethically made quality clothing. [16] According to the company, most garments are made from recycled materials such as plastic bottles upcycled into yarn, or factory offcuts. [16] TALA was launched in 2019 with the support of an influencer brand-building company and turned over £6.2 million in its first year. [17] [ better source needed ] In April 2021, Beverley re-acquired the business. She appointed Morgan Fowles as managing director of TALA in May 2021. [18] [19] Tala raised £4.2 million in December 2021, in funding led by Active Ventures and Venrex, and the team grew to over 40 people. [20] In 2022, it raised $5.7m in an investment round with venture capital firms. [20] TALA’s sales were in eight figures for 2023, up 100 per cent from 2022. In 2023, Fowles was named TALA’s CEO. [18]

Shreddy

Shreddy is a fitness product and technology brand. Users pay a monthly fee to access exercise classes and meal plans on the mobile app and can buy the equipment required to complete the classes. [21] Shreddy also sells a range of dietary supplements and protein bars which are stocked in supermarkets and pharmacies. [22] Beverley is the founder and current CEO of Shreddy. [23]

Some equipment now sold by Shreddy was originally designed for one of Beverley's previous businesses, B_ND, which focused on resistance bands for home and gym use. The B_ND concept was assimilated into the Shreddy brand in 2020. [24] [25]

The Productivity Method

In 2022, Beverley founded The Productivity Method, which sells planners and diaries. [26] The planners follow the productivity model set out in Beverley’s book Working Hard, Hardly Working: How to achieve more, stress less and feel fulfilled. [27]

Retrograde

In July 2024, Beverley teamed up with Jake Browne and Gary Meehan to launch Retrograde, an AI-powered talent management system for content creators. [28]

Podcast

Beverley hosts a weekly podcast titled Working Hard, Hardly Working where she interviews guests about their careers and the habits that led them to success. [29]

Recognition

Beverley was on the 2020 Forbes 30 Under 30 Europe Retail & Ecommerce list. [30] In 2020, Beverley was awarded the James Joyce Award by University College Dublin. [31]

Publications

Beverley, Grace (2021). Working Hard, Hardly Working. Penguin. ISBN   9781529159004.

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  2. ↑ Bugler, Daphne (12 July 2024). "At home with Grace Beverley: "My Discover Weekly every single week is just whales"". British GQ. Retrieved 11 December 2024.
  3. 1 2 Manavis, Sarah (16 June 2020). "The queen of quarantine: How Grace Beverley built an at-home fitness empire". New Statesman. Retrieved 26 December 2023.
  4. ↑ The New York Times Biographical Service, Volume 30. New York Times & Arno Press. 1999. p. 1595.
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  7. 1 2 Duggan, Margaret (9 November 2010). "SALISBURY: The Beverley sisters". The Church Times. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
  8. ↑ "Women of Influence Series 2020 - Grace Beverley". Francis Holland School - Regents Park. 15 January 2020. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
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  20. 1 2 Theodosi, Natalie (2 February 2022). "Grace Beverley Raises $5.7M to Expand Sustainable Activewear Label Tala". WWD. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
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  28. ↑ "Grace Beverley launches AI tool for content creators". UKTN. 30 July 2024. Retrieved 28 November 2024.
  29. ↑ "Working Hard, Hardly Working". Apple Podcasts. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
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