10 Facts About Stephan Shakespeare

Stephan Adrian Shakespeare is the German-British co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of the British Internet-based market research and opinion polls company YouGov.

In 2012, Shakespeare was appointed as Chairman of the Data Strategy Board, the advisory body that was set up by the government to maximise value of data for users across the UK.

Stephan Shakespeare has been a member of the government's Public Sector Transparency Board and a trustee of the National Portrait Gallery, London.

Stephan Shakespeare is the former owner of the websites ConservativeHome and PoliticsHome which he launched in April 2008 after closing down his Internet television channel 18 Doughty Street.

In 2015, Stephan Shakespeare was named one of the Top 20 Most Influential People in Politics in the Debrett's 500.

Stephan Shakespeare was an artist creating the imaginary "The Brunch Museum", together with the fluxus artist George Brecht, first exhibited in London in 1976.

Stephan Shakespeare became a teacher and headmaster in Los Angeles, California in the 1980s.

Stephan Shakespeare was critical of educational practices in 1990s' Lambeth and the Evening Standard published his educational criticisms.

Stephan Shakespeare further expanded in 2010 and 2011, acquiring two further businesses in the United States.

In 2022, the media reported Stephan Shakespeare would be departing YouGov and become Non-Exec Chair.