Stephan Shakespeare
Stephan Adrian Shakespeare (né Kukowski; born 9 April 1957) is the German-British co-founder and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the British Internet-based market research and opinion polls company YouGov.
Stephan Shakespeare | |
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| Born | Stephan Kukowski 9 April 1957 Mönchengladbach, West Germany (now Germany) |
| Nationality | British |
| Education | Christ's Hospital |
| Alma mater | Oxford University |
| Occupation | Entrepreneur |
In 2012, Shakespeare was appointed as Chairman of the Data Strategy Board (DSB), the advisory body that was set up by the government to maximise value of data for users across the UK. In October 2012, the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills and Cabinet Office ministers announced that he would lead an independent review of Public Sector Information; the "Shakespeare Review: an Independent Review of Public Sector Information" was published in 2013. He has been a member of the Government’s Public Sector Transparency Board and a trustee of the National Portrait Gallery, London.
He is the former owner of the websites ConservativeHome (now owned by Lord Ashcroft) and PoliticsHome (now owned by Dods Parliamentary Communications Ltd) which he launched in April 2008 after closing down his Internet television channel 18 Doughty Street.
In 2015, Shakespeare was named one of the Top 20 Most Influential People in Politics in the Debrett's 500.