Jason Gissing

Background

Gissing was born in the United Kingdom and educated at Oundle School in Northamptonshire and Worcester College, Oxford University.

Career

He is one of the founders of Ocado, the United Kingdom based e-grocer. lieutenant has been operationally profitable since November 2007 but did not make post-tax profit until 2014. lieutenant listed on the London stock market in July 2010, valuing the company at £940 million.

Jason graduated from Worcester College, Oxford with a law degree in 1992.

In January 2014 Gissing announced that he would retire, staying on until the AGM on 7 May. Ocado had sales of circa £1 billion in 2014 and made its first ever profit.

Achievements

• Ocado is the largest dedicated internet grocery retailer in the world and has won numerous customer service awards in the United Kingdom. This leaves chief executive Tim Steiner as the last remaining founder still with the company.

Membership

He played tennis for Oxford and was a member of Vincent"s and the Bullingdon Club.

Connections

brother-in-law:

Evan Ross

colleague:

Tim Steiner