Jason Gissing


Jason Gissing is one of the founders of Ocado, a British online supermarket.

Early life

Gissing was born in the UK to an English father and Japanese mother and was educated at Oundle School in Northamptonshire and Worcester College, Oxford University.

Career

After graduating from college, Gissing worked as a bond trader at Goldman Sachs. In January 2000, he started Ocado with two former colleagues from Goldman Sachs, Tim Steiner and Jonathan Faiman. He became chief financial officer of the company. In 2010, Gissing became director of people, culture and communication.
In January 2014, Gissing announced that he would retire in May. On his departure, Ocado had sales of £1 billion and had made its first ever profit. In May 2018 it was announced that Ocado would join the FTSE 100 for the first time, valued at almost £6 billion. It is now the most valuable technology business in the U.K.

Personal life

Gissing is married to former professional skier Katinka, daughter of the late Arne Naess, Jr. They have four children.