Cambridge graduate Richard Reed co-founded Innocent Drinks in 1999, with an initial outlay of £500 on fruit. Together with the other founders, Adam Balon and Jon Wright, Richard grew Innocent into an international operation with a turnover of over £100 million. Today, innocent sells over two million smoothies a week and has over 75% market share in the UK. In just 12 years, Innocent has grown from 3 to 250 people who work across Europe, with innocent products found in 13 European countries. <\/p>\n
The success of Innocent has earned Richard numerous awards, including Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year, and Marketing magazine’s Most Admired Business Leader. He has also become a renowned public speaker on business and entrepreneurship, and taken up several high-profile roles including a non-executive directorship with the Department of Energy and Climate Change, and a place on Oxfam’s Development Board.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Cambridge graduate Richard Reed co-founded Innocent Drinks in 1999, with an initial outlay of £500 on fruit. Together with the other founders, Adam Balon and Jon Wright, Richard grew Innocent into an international operation with a turnover of over £100 million. Today, innocent sells over two million smoothies a week and has over 75% market […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":91469,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[137],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-judges"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n