Ning Li, 28, Chloè Macintosh, 35 and Julien Callède (pictured), 27
Company: Made.com
Focus: Designed furniture direct from the manufacturer
www.made.com
Born in China and educated in France, the UK was a brand new country for Ning Li when he came to turn an idea on a couple of PowerPoint slides into a fully functioning business. After just a few months and a fortuitous meeting with Brent Hoberman, he and co-founders Chloè Macintosh and Julien Callède secured the £2.5m investment needed to launch a logistically complex start-up and now have a multi-million pound company with 25 staff on their hands. Its made-to-order platform allows consumers to order via the internet from Asian factories to achieve significant cost savings. Since launch the business has grown 50% every month.
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