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Richard Harpin

2022 Judge, EY Entrepreneur Of The Year UK, United Kingdom

Founder & CEO, HomeServe PLC and Growth Partner LLP, United Kingdom.

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Richard founded HomeServe in 1993 — one of Britain's best success stories, going from losing £500,000 in its first year and near closure, to becoming an international FTSE 250 business with a £3bn market cap, more than £1bn turnover and over 8 million customers worldwide. He also founded Growth Partner in 2015 to invest his own money to back entrepreneurs with exciting, and profitable businesses.

Great entrepreneurs drive change, see challenges in daily life and face them head on to deliver progress for millions of people.
Richard Harpin
2022 Judge, EY Entrepreneur Of The Year UK, United Kingdom