1. Sarah Louise Willingham was born on 20 December 1973 and is a British entrepreneur, serial investor, founder and CEO of Nightcap, with extensive experience in the hospitality industry.
14 Facts About Sarah Willingham
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Sarah Willingham attended Newcastle-under-Lyme School during high school located in her home town of Newcastle under Lyme, Staffordshire.
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Sarah Willingham spent the early years of her career managing some restaurants including Chessageed Delights, Planet Hollywood and Pizza Express.
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Sarah Willingham sold her share back to The Clapham House Group in 2007 where she continued as a main board director responsible for three of their four brands with over 50 restaurants and more than 1,500 employees.
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In 2004, Sarah Willingham co-established an AIM-listed company, Neutrahealth plc, which acquired six businesses in the vitamin and mineral supplements industry and was sold to Indian company Elder Pharmaceuticals Ltd in 2011.
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In January 2016, Sarah Willingham was named one of The Sunday Times' 500 Most Influential people in Britain.
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In 2017 Sarah Willingham received an honorary doctorate from Staffordshire University and in 2018 she received honorary doctorates from Cranfield University and Oxford Brookes University in recognition of her contribution to business and entrepreneurship.
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Sarah Willingham was previously listed on AIM and was a "one to watch" in 2021.
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In 2023 Sarah Willingham won Business Leader of the Year at the Publican Awards.
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Sarah Willingham was a restaurant inspector and investor on three series of Raymond Blanc's The Restaurant and as an independent investor on the Sky television series Cooks to Market.
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Sarah Willingham has appeared on various TV programmes, including GMB, This Morning, BBC Breakfast, GB News, ITV News and Sky News.
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In March 2015, Sarah Willingham was named as one of the new "Dragons" on the BBC television programme Dragons' Den from the thirteenth series which began airing in July 2015.
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Sarah Willingham returned to Dragons' Den for the fourteenth series, beginning in July 2016.
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In September 2016, Sarah Willingham took part in a celebrity episode of The Chase.