Tim Steiner (businessman)
Tim Steiner OBE (born December 1969) is the co-founder and chief executive of Ocado, the FTSE 100 online grocery and technology business. As of June 2020, Ocado had a market capitalisation of nearly £14 billion.[1] The 2020 Sunday Times Rich List estimates that Steiner is worth £403 million.[2]
Tim Steiner | |
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Born | Timothy Steiner November 1969 (age 50) |
Nationality | British |
Education | Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School |
Alma mater | University of Manchester |
Occupation | Businessman |
Known for | co-founder and CEO, ocado |
Net worth | |
Title | Chief Executive |
Term | 2000 - present |
Spouse(s) | Belinda Steiner (1989-2018) |
Children | 4 |
Early life
Tim Steiner was born in December 1969.[3] He was educated at Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School in Elstree, Hertfordshire. He read Economics at the University of Manchester.[4][5]
Career
In 1992, Steiner joined Goldman Sachs as a bond trader. He worked for them for eight years in London, New York and Hong Kong before leaving to co-found Ocado in 2000 with Jonathan Faiman and Jason Gissing.[5] Faiman left the business before it floated on the London Stock Exchange in 2010 and Gissing left in 2014. Steiner remains Ocado's chief executive.[6]
In February 2020, it was announced that Steiner received a pay package of £58.7 million for the year to 1 December 2019.[7]
Following the lock down due to the outbreak of COVID-19 in the UK in March 2020, Ocado recorded 40 percent revenue growth in April and May compared to the same period last year.[8]
Steiner donated £50,000 to the Conservative Party during the 2019 United Kingdom general election.[9]
Personal life
Steiner was brought up in North London. He has four children with ex-wife Belinda.[10] The couple were divorced in 2016.[11]
References
- "OCADO GROUP PLC OCDO Stock | London Stock Exchange". www.londonstockexchange.com. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
- Times, The Sunday. "Rich List 2020: profiles 304-399=, featuring Simon Cowell and Sir Elton John". ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
- "Timothy STEINER – Personal Appointments (free information from Companies House)". Companies House, Government of the United Kingdom. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
- O’Doherty, John (20 July 2010). "Profile: Ocado founders". Financial Times. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
- Turner, Camilla (19 March 2016). "Ocado boss is dating Polish model twenty years his junior after filing for divorce from wife". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
- Sunderland, Ruth (5 September 2019). "I had no idea how hard it would be, says Ocado founder Tim Steiner". This is Money. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
- Editor, Ashley Armstrong, Retail. "Ocado chief Tim Steiner paid £59m despite record loss". ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 12 February 2020.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
- Benstead, Sam (12 May 2020). "How Ocado, Britain's 'best tech stock', is growing faster than Amazon". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
- Turvill, William (17 December 2019). "Ocado founder Tim Steiner and Steve Morgan among the City bigshots who funded Tory victory". This is Money. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
- "Highgate Ocado boss faces ex wife in one of Britain's biggest ever divorce battles". hamhigh.co.uk. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
- "Judge rules to keep Ocado boss' multi-million pound divorce private". London Evening Standard. 26 July 2016. Retrieved 27 January 2018.