Judith Clegg

Judith Caroline Clegg is a British strategy consultant, technology entrepreneur, and author. She is the founder and CEO of Takeout, a strategy consultancy based in London and New York City, and founder of The Glasshouse, a support network for tech entrepreneurs and investors. She was named one of the Fifty Most Influential Britons in Technology by The Daily Telegraph in 2009, and one of the Fifty Most Inspiring Women in European Tech by the Inspiring Fifty organisation in 2015. Judith co-created two initiatives that launched in the House of Commons: PAWS – The Policy for Animal Welfare Scheme and The #HANDSOFF Campaign.

Education and personal life Judith Clegg was introduced to entrepreneurship at a young age by the examples of her father and grandfather, who were both technologists and entrepreneurs. Her father encouraged her and her sister to learn how to code when they were 7 or 8 years old. Judith attended an all-girls secondary school, Clegg was previously an avid sailor who has sailed the Pacific Ocean from Tahiti to Auckland, New Zealand,

In June 1998 she founded The Glasshouse, a support network for tech entrepreneurs and investors. The Glasshouse began hosting networking conferences, dubbed "Second Chance Tuesday", for 40 to 300 attendees in London; in 2010 it branched into New York City, Glasshouse networking events have also been held in San Francisco, Prague, and Sydney.

From 2004 to 2006, she was Associate Director of the Egremont Group, a private equity consultancy.

Clegg was also co-CEO, with Gill Sinclair, of Ancient Roots, a company focusing on "ancient wisdom" applied to modern health and wellbeing. She has been an advisor or angel investor in So Far Sounds, Not Safe For Work Corporation, True Office, and Onalytica.

In 2018 Judith and Cher Chevalier co-created PAWS – The Policy for Animal Welfare Scheme – launched in the House of Commons, co-hosted by Henry Smith MP. and co-created The #HANDSOFF Campaign – launched in the House of Commons, co-hosted by Jess Phillips MP. No. 77 in 2011, and No. 82 in 2012. In 2009 Clegg was ranked No. 47 of the 50 Most Influential Britons in Technology by The Daily Telegraph.

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