Jason Gissing

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Jason Gissing was born in the UK in 1970. He was educated at Oundle School in Northamptonshire and Oxford University.

He is one of the founders of Ocado, the UK based e-grocer. He started the business with 2 friends and former colleagues from Goldman Sachs (Tim Steiner and Jonathan Faiman) in January 2000 ^[1] Prior to Ocado, Jason spent eight years as a banker at Goldman Sachs. Ocado is the second largest internet grocery retailer in the world and has won numerous customer service awards in the UK.

Jason graduated from Worcester College, Oxford with a law degree in 1992. He played tennis for Oxford and was a member of the Bullingdon Club,^[2]. He still plays tennis at Queens Club and CHLTC in London. He is a keen skier and footballer, and is married to former professional skier Katinka, daughter of the late Arne Naess. They have 2 children.

[edit] References

1. ^ "Jason Gissing of Ocado: it’s all in the delivery"
2. ^ "Portrait of a 'classless' Tory"

[edit] External links

• "Jason Gissing of Ocado: it’s all in the delivery", "The Times", January 19, 2008.
• "Jason Gissing of Ocado: from The Times by Celia Dodd"
• "Portrait of a 'classless' Tory", "The Daily Mail', April 7, 2007
• "Ocado finally delivers the goods", 'The Sunday Times', November 25, 2007
• "Monday manifesto: Jason Gissing believes Ocado will be boosted by lifestyle trends", 'The Times', April 7, 2008