Greg Marsh

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Greg Marsh is a British entrepreneur who founded hospitality company onefinestay and cost of living tool Nous.

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Early life

Marsh was born in London. [1] He read English and philosophy at Christ's College, Cambridge. He later attended Harvard Business School on a Fulbright Scholarship, and was twice named Ford Scholar. [2] [3] [4] Marsh is the grandson of Amnesty International founder Peter Benenson, who was the only child of campaigner Flora Solomon. [5]

Career

In 2009, Marsh came up with the idea for hospitality business onefinestay. It launched in 2010 and was acquired six years later by AccorHotels for at least $170 million (£117 million). [6] After Marsh left the company in September 2016, he was appointed as a panel member of the 2017 Taylor Review of Modern Working Practices, commissioned by then British Prime Minister Theresa May. [7] [8] That year, he joined the faculty at Harvard Business School, teaching entrepreneurship, and was also elected to the International Board of Amnesty International. Marsh is also a visiting professor at Imperial College Business School. [9] [10]

In 2021, Marsh co-founded Nous, which aggregates cost of living data for consumers in areas such as energy, insurance and broadband. In February 2022, the platform announced it had raised £6.6m ($9m) in seed funding. [11] [12] [13]

Marsh has contributed to British newspapers and broadcast media, on topics including entrepreneurialism, consumer budgeting, the cost of living crisis and mental health. [14] [15] [16] [17]

Personal life

In 2011 Marsh polled 11th in a list of London's most eligible start-up CEOs. [18]

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References

  1. ↑ "Home - Mr Greg Marsh". www.imperial.ac.uk. Retrieved 2022-07-05.
  2. ↑ "Innovation and entrepreneurship: Fulbrighter Greg Marsh | US-UK Fulbright Commission". www.fulbright.org.uk. Retrieved 2022-07-05.
  3. ↑ "Greg Marsh - Board Member at Amnesty International". THE ORG. Retrieved 2022-07-05.
  4. ↑ "Greg Marsh - bio". www.gregmarsh.co.uk. Retrieved 2022-07-05.
  5. ↑ "Eit samla og sterkare Amnesty". amnesty.no (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 2022-07-05.
  6. ↑ "Accor to acquire online home rental site Onefinestay". Financial Times. 2016-04-05. Retrieved 2022-07-05.
  7. ↑ Cook, James. "The CEO of Onefinestay has left the company". Business Insider. Retrieved 2022-07-05.
  8. ↑ "Good work: the Taylor review of modern working practices". GOV.UK. Retrieved 2022-07-05.
  9. ↑ "Home - Mr Greg Marsh". www.imperial.ac.uk. Retrieved 2022-07-05.
  10. ↑ Tobin, Lucy (2018-09-26). "Focus: You've sold up, so what's next? Five founders tell all". Evening Standard. Retrieved 2022-07-05.
  11. ↑ "'Google meets Which': cost of living data platform Nous raises $9m". UKTN | UK Tech News. 2022-02-18. Retrieved 2022-07-05.
  12. ↑ "This UK startup got $9M so you'll pay it to shrink your household bills". news.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2022-07-05.
  13. ↑ "This UK startup got $9M so you'll pay it to shrink your household bills". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2022-07-05.
  14. ↑ "Onefinestay won't destroy hotel industry: CEO". CNBC. 2014-06-12. Retrieved 2022-07-05.
  15. ↑ "How to look after your mental health through the cost of living crisis". The Independent. 2022-04-14. Retrieved 2022-07-05.
  16. ↑ Oldacres, Mark (2022-04-10). "Pensioners urged to claim DWP benefit to fight rising bills as energy cap could hit £3,000". Express.co.uk. Retrieved 2022-07-05.
  17. ↑ Twitter https://twitter.com/get_nous/status/1529138393183137801 . Retrieved 2022-07-05.{{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  18. ↑ Yiannopoulos, Milo (18 October 2011). "London's most eligible startup CEOs". Real Business.
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