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'''Anna Jones''' is a prominent British businessperson who lives in London, UK. Jones has notably served as [[CEO]] of [[Hearst]] Magazines, UK. She is also a co-founder and current director of AllBright, an investment fund designed to nurture female entrepreneurship, and a co-founder and current executive chairman of Sharestyle, a digital marketplace for style services.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/boost-for-female-founders-63gxqj5mw|title=Boost for female founders|last=Loizou|first=Kiki|date=October 23, 2016|newspaper=The Sunday Times|access-date=2017-02-05|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|work=|language=en|via=}}</ref> <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.thedrum.com/news/2016/10/19/hearst-uk-ceo-anna-jones-steps-down|title=Hearst UK CEO Anna Jones steps down|last=Goodfellow|first=Jessica|date=October 19, 2016|website=The Drum|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=2017-02-05}}</ref> In 2015 Jones was listed as one of [[''The Evening Standard''<nowiki>]]’s 1000 most influential Londoners.</nowiki><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.standard.co.uk/news/the1000/the-progress-1000-londons-most-influential-people-2015-journalists-a2943911.html|title=The Progress 1000: London's most influential people 2015 - Journalists|last=|first=|date=2015-09-16|newspaper=The Evening Standard|access-date=2017-02-05|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|work=|language=en-GB|via=}}</ref> |
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=== Early Life === |
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Wosskow was born in [[Sheffield, UK]]. Wosskow’s father ran his own law firm and her mother owned a printing and packaging business. Aged 15 Wosskow won a [[Young Enterprise]] award for a business that sold [[scrunchies]]. Wosskow read Philosophy and Theology at the [[University of Oxford]], before completing an MA. Her first job after university was at [[Oliver Wyman]], the American management consultancy firm.<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=1 February 2017}}</ref> |
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=== Entrepreneurial Success === |
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By the age of 25 Wosskow had co-founded Mantra PR with Lawrence Dore.<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=1 February 2017}}</ref>. 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/love-home-swap-offers-travelers-save-article-1.1498984|title=Airbnb is just the start: Love Home Swap offers another way for travelers to save big bucks|date=October 28, 2013|website=New York Daily News|publisher=|last1=Glazarev|first1=Edward|accessdate=1 February 2017}}</ref> <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=1 February 2017}}</ref> In 2008 Wosskow co-founded Maidthorn Partners, an investment and advisory firm aimed particularly at assisting media and tech companies.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/london-life/we-ve-never-had-our-clients-using-houses-for-brothels-or-god-forbid-burning-them-to-the-ground-10017738.html|title=We’ve never had our clients using houses for brothels or, God forbid, burning them to the ground|date=February 2, 2015|website=The Evening Standard|publisher=|last1=Law|first1=Katie|accessdate=1 February 2017}}</ref> |
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In 2011 Wosskow launched Love Home Swap, which is now the world’s leading home-swapping platform.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thememo.com/2015/12/17/how-to-boss-it-like-debbie-wosskow-ceo-love-home-swap/|title=How To Boss It Like… Debbie Wosskow, CEO Love Home Swap|date=December 17, 2015|website=The Memo|publisher=|last1=Smith|first1=Oliver|accessdate=1 February 2017}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/london-life/we-ve-never-had-our-clients-using-houses-for-brothels-or-god-forbid-burning-them-to-the-ground-10017738.html|title=We’ve never had our clients using houses for brothels or, God forbid, burning them to the ground|last=Law|first=Katie|date=2015-02-02|work=|newspaper=The Evening Standard|language=en-GB|access-date=2017-02-01|via=}}</ref>. An investment of £7.5m from [[Wyndham Worldwide]], along with the acquisition of 1stHomeExchange and HomeForExchange, have helped Love Home Swap to grow exponentially – its website now features more than 100,000 homes from 150 countries.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.managementtoday.co.uk/love-home-swap-acquires-rival-boost-global-ambitions/article/1376782#vrJCFBz0yG1GVQoX.99|title=Love Home Swap acquires rival in boost to global ambitions|last=Smith|first=Rebecca|date=December 14, 2015|work=Management Today|access-date=2017-02-01|via=}}</ref> |
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=== Supporting Female Enterpreneurs === |
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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.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://blogs.thomsonreuters.com/answerson/trust-sharing-economy/|title=Trust in the sharing economy|last=Maja|first=Ti|date=April 1, 2016|work=|newspaper=Thomson Reuters|language=en-US|access-date=2017-02-01|via=}}</ref> 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 aims to create support networks to encourage female entrepreneurship. Wosskow is currently chair of AllBright.<ref>{{Cite news|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|last=Urwin|first=Rosamund|date=January 11, 2017|work=|newspaper=The Evening Standard|language=en-GB|access-date=2017-02-01|via=}}</ref> |
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=== Advocate of the Sharing Economy === |
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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]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/378291/bis-14-1227-unlocking-the-sharing-economy-an-independent-review.pdf|title=Unlocking the sharing economy: An independent review|last=Wosskow|first=Debbie|date=November 2014|website=gov.uk|publisher=|access-date=February 1, 2017}}</ref> <ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/london-life/we-ve-never-had-our-clients-using-houses-for-brothels-or-god-forbid-burning-them-to-the-ground-10017738.html|title=‘We’ve never had our clients using houses for brothels or, God|last=Law|first=Katie|date=2015-02-02|work=|newspaper=The Evening Standard|language=en-GB|access-date=2017-02-01|via=}}</ref> |
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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”.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/yourbusiness/11646517/UK-sharing-economy-will-take-a-decade-to-hit-its-stride.html|title=UK sharing economy will take a decade to hit its stride|last=Burn-Callander|first=Rebecca|date=June 3, 2015|work=|newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|language=en|access-date=2017-02-01|via=}}</ref> SEUK’s members include [[Airbnb]], [[Zipcar]] and [[Liftshare]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/yourbusiness/11646517/UK-sharing-economy-will-take-a-decade-to-hit-its-stride.html|title=UK sharing economy will take a decade to hit its stride|last=Burn-Callander|first=Rebecca|date=June 3, 2015|work=|newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|language=en|access-date=2017-02-01|via=}}</ref> As chair of SEUK Wosskow is also working with Oxford University and [[PricewaterhouseCoopers]] to develop the world’s first trustmark for the sharing economy.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://blogs.thomsonreuters.com/answerson/trust-sharing-economy/|title=Trust in the sharing economy|last=Maja|first=Ti|date=April 1, 2016|work=|newspaper=Thomson Reuters|language=en-US|access-date=2017-02-01|via=}}</ref> |
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Wosskow also currently sits on the [[Mayor of London]]'s Business Advisory Board.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.cityam.com/254476/london-mayors-ploughed-25m-into-startups-since-brexit|title=The London mayor's ploughed £2.5m into startups since Brexit|last=Barber|first=Lynsey|date=2016-11-28|newspaper=City A.M.|access-date=2017-02-01|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|work=|language=en|via=}}</ref> |
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=== References === |
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Revision as of 20:38, 5 February 2017
Anna Jones is a prominent British businessperson who lives in London, UK. Jones has notably served as CEO of Hearst Magazines, UK. She is also a co-founder and current director of AllBright, an investment fund designed to nurture female entrepreneurship, and a co-founder and current executive chairman of Sharestyle, a digital marketplace for style services.[1] [2] In 2015 Jones was listed as one of [[The Evening Standard]]’s 1000 most influential Londoners.[3]
- ^ Loizou, Kiki (October 23, 2016). "Boost for female founders". The Sunday Times. Retrieved 2017-02-05.
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