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Debbie Wosskow is a British entrepreneur who lives in London, UK. She is CEO of LoveHomeSwap, a subscription-based home exchange business, and is co-founder and chair of Allbright, an investment fund for female entrepreneurs.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/london-life/how-debbie-wosskow-and-anna-jones-are-building-a-london-powerhouse-of-fearless-female-entrepreneurs-a3437811.html|title=The march of the female founders|date=January 11, 2017|website=The Evening Standard|publisher=|last1=Urwin|first1=Rosamund|accessdate=26 January 2017}}</ref> Wosskow is also an influential advocate of the [[sharing economy]] and is currently chair of Sharing Economy UK.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://elitebusinessmagazine.co.uk/interviews/item/love-home-swap-s-debbie-wosskow-is-sharing-the-love|title=Love Home Swap’s Debbie Wosskow is Sharing the Love|last2=Seery|first2=Natalie|date=July 11, 2016|website=Elite Business Magazine|publisher=|last1=Russell|first1=Josh|accessdate=26 January 2017}}</ref>. In 2016 she was awarded an [[OBE]] for services to business.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2016/06/10/city-financiers-knighted-among-business-leaders-recognised-in-qu/|title=City financiers knighted among business leaders recognised in Queen's Birthday Honours|date=June 10, 2016|website=The Daily Telegraph|publisher=|last1=Quinn|first1=James|accessdate=1 February 2017}}</ref> |
'''Debbie Wosskow''' is a British entrepreneur who lives in London, UK. She is CEO of LoveHomeSwap, a subscription-based home exchange business, and is co-founder and chair of Allbright, an investment fund for female entrepreneurs.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/london-life/how-debbie-wosskow-and-anna-jones-are-building-a-london-powerhouse-of-fearless-female-entrepreneurs-a3437811.html|title=The march of the female founders|date=January 11, 2017|website=The Evening Standard|publisher=|last1=Urwin|first1=Rosamund|accessdate=26 January 2017}}</ref> Wosskow is also an influential advocate of the [[sharing economy]] and is currently chair of Sharing Economy UK.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://elitebusinessmagazine.co.uk/interviews/item/love-home-swap-s-debbie-wosskow-is-sharing-the-love|title=Love Home Swap’s Debbie Wosskow is Sharing the Love|last2=Seery|first2=Natalie|date=July 11, 2016|website=Elite Business Magazine|publisher=|last1=Russell|first1=Josh|accessdate=26 January 2017}}</ref>. In 2016 she was awarded an [[OBE]] for services to business.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2016/06/10/city-financiers-knighted-among-business-leaders-recognised-in-qu/|title=City financiers knighted among business leaders recognised in Queen's Birthday Honours|date=June 10, 2016|website=The Daily Telegraph|publisher=|last1=Quinn|first1=James|accessdate=1 February 2017}}</ref> |
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=== Early Life === |
=== Early Life === |
Revision as of 14:32, 1 February 2017
Debbie Wosskow is a British entrepreneur who lives in London, UK. She is CEO of LoveHomeSwap, a subscription-based home exchange business, and is co-founder and chair of Allbright, an investment fund for female entrepreneurs.[1] Wosskow is also an influential advocate of the sharing economy and is currently chair of Sharing Economy UK.[2]. In 2016 she was awarded an OBE for services to business.[3]
Early Life
Wosskow was born in Sheffield, UK. Wosskow’s father ran his own law firm and her mother owned a printing and packaging business. At the age of 15 Wosskow won a Young Enterprise award for a business that sold scrunchies. Wosskow studied Philosophy and Theology at the University of Oxford, before completing an MA and getting a job at Oliver Wyman, an American management consultancy firm.[4]
Entrepreneurial Success
By the age of 25 Wosskow had co-founded Mantra PR with Lawrence Dore.[5] Shortly afterwards, Wosskow founded Maidthorn Partners, an investment and advisory firm aimed particularly at assisting media and tech companies.[6] In 2001 she was selected as one of Management Today’s 35 Women Under 35, while Mantra was sold to the Loewy Group for several million dollars in 2007.[7] [8]
In 2011 Wosskow launched LoveHomeSwap, which is now the world’s largest home-exchange platform.[9] After an unsatisfactory hotel-based holiday with her two young children, Wosskow watched The Holiday, starring Kate Winslet and Cameron Diaz, and was inspired to create a business that would enable subscribers from across the world to exchange their homes.[10]. An investment of £7.5m from Wyndham Worldwide, along with the acquisition of 1stHomeExchange and HomeForExchange, have helped LoveHomeSwap to grow exponentially – its website now features more than 100,000 homes from 160 countries.[11].
Supporting Female Enterpreneurs
As an Angel Investor Wosskow has frequently backed female-founded companies and is outspoken about the need to improve gender imbalances in entrepreneurial activity as a way of creating greater equality and unlocking new sources of economic growth.[12] In 2016 she teamed with Anna Jones, the then CEO of Hearst Magazines, UK, to found Allbright, a venture capital fund that invests exclusively in female-founded businesses and also provides support networks to encourage female entrepreneurship. Wosskow is currently chair of Allbright.[13]
Advocate of the Sharing Economy
In 2014 the British government commissioned Wosskow to compile a 60,000-word report, entitled ‘Unlocking the Sharing Economy,’ for the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills.[14] [15]
In 2016 Wosskow launched Sharing Economy UK, “a self-appointed and member-funded trade body” that seeks “to support and monitor businesses working within the nascent industry”.[16] SEUK’s members include Airbnb, Zipcar and Liftshare.[17] As chair of SEUK Wosskow is also working with Oxford University and PricewaterhouseCoopers to develop the world’s first trustmark for the sharing economy.[18]
Wosskow also currently sits on the Mayor of London's Business Advisory Board.[19]
- ^ Urwin, Rosamund (January 11, 2017). "The march of the female founders". The Evening Standard. Retrieved 26 January 2017.
- ^ Russell, Josh; Seery, Natalie (July 11, 2016). "Love Home Swap's Debbie Wosskow is Sharing the Love". Elite Business Magazine. Retrieved 26 January 2017.
- ^ Quinn, James (June 10, 2016). "City financiers knighted among business leaders recognised in Queen's Birthday Honours". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 1 February 2017.
- ^ Russell, Josh; Seery, Natalie (July 11, 2016). "Love Home Swap's Debbie Wosskow is Sharing the Love". Elite Business Magazine. Retrieved 1 February 2017.
- ^ Russell, Josh; Seery, Natalie (July 11, 2016). "Love Home Swap's Debbie Wosskow is Sharing the Love". Elite Business Magazine. Retrieved 1 February 2017.
- ^ Law, Katie (February 2, 2015). "We've never had our clients using houses for brothels or, God forbid, burning them to the ground". The Evening Standard. Retrieved 1 February 2017.
- ^ Glazarev, Edward (October 28, 2013). "Airbnb is just the start: Love Home Swap offers another way for travelers to save big bucks". New York Daily News. Retrieved 1 February 2017.
- ^ Russell, Josh; Seery, Natalie (July 11, 2016). "Love Home Swap's Debbie Wosskow is Sharing the Love". Elite Business Magazine. Retrieved 1 February 2017.
- ^ Smith, Oliver (December 17, 2015). "How To Boss It Like… Debbie Wosskow, CEO Love Home Swap". The Memo. Retrieved 1 February 2017.
- ^ Law, Katie (2015-02-02). "'We've never had our clients using houses for brothels or, God". The Evening Standard. Retrieved 2017-02-01.
- ^ Smith, Rebecca (December 14, 2015). "Love Home Swap acquires rival in boost to global ambitions". Management Today. Retrieved 2017-02-01.
- ^ Maja, Ti (April 1, 2016). "Trust in the sharing economy". Thomson Reuters. Retrieved 2017-02-01.
- ^ Urwin, Rosamund (January 11, 2017). "The march of the female founders". The Evening Standard. Retrieved 2017-02-01.
- ^ Wosskow, Debbie (November 2014). "Unlocking the sharing economy: An independent review" (PDF). gov.uk. Retrieved February 1, 2017.
- ^ Law, Katie (2015-02-02). "'We've never had our clients using houses for brothels or, God". The Evening Standard. Retrieved 2017-02-01.
- ^ Burn-Callander, Rebecca (June 3, 2015). "UK sharing economy will take a decade to hit its stride". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 2017-02-01.
- ^ Burn-Callander, Rebecca (June 3, 2015). "UK sharing economy will take a decade to hit its stride". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 2017-02-01.
- ^ Maja, Ti (April 1, 2016). "Trust in the sharing economy". Thomson Reuters. Retrieved 2017-02-01.
- ^ Barber, Lynsey (2016-11-28). "The London mayor's ploughed £2.5m into startups since Brexit". Retrieved 2017-02-01.