Education
Ruparell is a native of Calgary, Alberta and attended the Strathcona-Tweedsmuir School. He pursued his undergraduate at the University of Toronto and holds an Master of Science from the Imperial College Business School in London.
Ruparell is a native of Calgary, Alberta and attended the Strathcona-Tweedsmuir School. He pursued his undergraduate at the University of Toronto and holds an Master of Science from the Imperial College Business School in London.
In 2015, it was announced that he would step down from his day-to-day position leading global partnerships at to pursue new entrepreneurial ventures and would remain an advisor to Ruparell is an active growth investor and advisor in ventures across North America and Europe. Ruparell serves on the Board of Trustees for the Chicago Architecture Foundation, and on the Executive Advisory Boards of the Techweek and the Canada-United States Business Council., also referred to as International, was a European-based deal company co-founded by Ruparell in the United Kingdom and ’s entry into Europe.
lieutenant was a startup funded by the Samwer brothers, Rocket Internet, and Holtzbrinck Ventures.
The company was acquired by in 2010, just five months after its launch. Although no confirmed figures were released of the deal, it was reported that the sale of was between $100M United States dollar and $300M United States dollar. At the time of acquisition, employed 600 people and had presence in 80 cities in 16 countries.
Ruparell joined in 2010 at the time of the acquisition of his company, He served as Executive Director and Managing Director of United Kingdom. In 2011, ahead of ’s IPO, Ruparell and his co-founders moved to the Chicago headquarters to spearhead growth in ’s North American business. Ruparell was charged with founding Goods, which diversifies from their core local business As of November 2012, Goods generates billings of nearly $1.5 Billion United States dollar. Ruparell was most recently serving in the role of SVP Global Partnerships at His day-to-day departure from was announced in January 2015, although he continues to remain an active advisor to the company.