John Davy
London
John Davy is a successful and highly regarded serial entrepreneur in both online digital marketing and the leisure sector.
John developed the Jongleurs brand to become the most respected comedy brand in the UK.
Starting from one club in London Battersea he negotiated the successful roll-out to eight clubs and a £25m media company. He sold the business at a valuation of £26m and last year bought it back and has already built a 10 strong club franchise and plans to build out the clubs to 20 strong. He has co-produced over 70 television shows of stand up broadcast on the BBC, ITC and Sky.
Passionate about brand and fast roll out strategies, John also owns several successful online businesses and consults on e-commerce and online customer journey offering his knowledge and experience to entrepreneurs who want to produce profitable online business companies.
John was a Non Exec Director of Party Gaming. His other business interests are shareholdings in a gastro pub company that he founded and a small cap stock brokerage in the city together with an extensive property portfolio which includes a dozen pubic houses in the West Country.
John is a member of the advisory committee of Merryck & Co and is also on the panel of Alan Camp Architects, a UK award winning architectural practice and is also a highly regarded mentor for Rockstar Mentoring Group
Married to Marisa Peer, John has two grown up children and lives in London. He is a keen runner having completed New York, London and Berlin Marathons and enjoys playing semi-pro poker.
John is always happy to connect and talk to anybody who can bring something new to the table.
Testimonial from Thomas Power - Founder of e-academy.com:
“Without doubt John Davy is one of the finest entrepreneurs I have come across, fast, intentional, focused and generous he is rare among the army of folk I spend time with, a prince among frogs. I highly recommend that you spend quality time with John and listen."