Channel 4 chairman hails women entrepreneurs

08/03/2010

Luke Johnson, chairman of Channel 4 television, has highlighted the economic benefits of the diversity of British entrepreneurs.

In his regular column for the Financial Times, he stated that 30 years ago, very few women would consider starting a business.

However, he noted, in recent years they have been responsible for founding as many as a quarter of all new businesses, and that figure is climbing.

"I see no reason for the trend to reverse," Johnson said. "And most of these female entrepreneurs are incremental: they are not displacing male entrepreneurs, but increasing the army of those who run a business."

He also highlighted the significant rise in university graduates, immigrants and over-50s who were starting up their own companies.

"This broadening of the entrepreneurial gene pool has been of huge benefit to the British economy," Johnson said.

As well as being chairman of Channel 4 Television, Johnson is also chairman of Risk Capital Partners and wrote for the Sunday Telegraph for eight years.

During the 1990s he was chairman of the Pizza Express chain and is currently an owner and Chairman of Giraffe restaurants and Patisserie Valerie. 

 

 

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