In Conversation with Greg Jackson, Founder and CEO of Octopus Energy Group

Join us for a fireside chat with Greg Jackson, Founder and CEO of Octopus Energy Group for a night of insight into the role of innovation and entrepreneurial thinking in the energy sector.

Greg Jackson is the founder and CEO of Octopus Energy Group, which he has grown in under a decade from a tech startup into the UK’s largest energy supplier. Today, Octopus operates in 32 countries, serves 10 million customers, and manages over $12 billion in clean energy assets.

The company leads in heat pumps, EVs, and charging: it is the UK’s largest heat pump installer and largest manufacturer, runs the country’s biggest EV-only leasing business, and operates Electroverse, Europe’s largest EV charging network with access to over 1 million points worldwide. At the core of Octopus’s global expansion is Kraken, its AI-driven cloud platform now managing 70 million customer accounts and licensed by EDF, E.ON, Origin, and Tokyo Gas. Under Jackson, the company has raised $2.3 billion, last reaching a $9 billion valuation.

Greg has been named a Time 100 Climate Leader, awarded a CBE for services to the energy industry, serves as a Non-Executive Board Member of the UK Cabinet Office and holds both an Honorary Fellow of Pembroke College Cambridge and Honorary Doctorate from the University of Teesside.

Greg is a serial tech entrepreneur and has built and sold a number of successful businesses before starting Octopus. He is an angel investor in a wide range of ventures, such as Xlinks and Zopa, and is a key thought leader in the UK on issues related to energy transition, energy costs and innovation.

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