Location London, England, United Kingdom Regions Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) Gender Male Also Known As Edward Johnson
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Named as one of Forbes 30 under 30 for 2022 in Social Impact, Ed Johnson is a tech startup entrepreneur, with a background in digital marketing and online business growth. Having taught himself web development and digital marketing from the age of 9, Ed dropped out of school at 17 to join the digital marketing agency Ad Dynamo. Since then, Ed has
held positions at Oracle, Zoopla and more recently as Head of Digital for Dragon's Den success ValueMyStuff.
Ed founded the Omyx Club in 2016, securing investment to grow the virtual and events-based community. In 2017, Ed co-founded the experimental B2C app Tempry, which reached the top 100 apps in the Apple App Store within 48 hours of launch, achieving this with £10k in seed investment.
In 2018, Ed co-founded the world-leading mentoring company, PushFar, which was subsequently recognised as one of the UK's top startups. The platform is widely acknowledged as best-in-class software and is now used by hundreds of companies. By the end of 2022, PushFar had enabled more than 1.5 million hours of mentoring. In July 2023, PushFar was acquired by London-based private equity firm ScaleUp Capital.
Ed served as CEO of PushFar until January 2025, when he exited the business. He is now in the early stages of developing his next venture, uRoutine, which is set to launch in the spring of 2025. Alongside this, he regularly writes, mentors startup entrepreneurs, and speaks publicly on tech startups and entrepreneurship. Ed’s appearances include the BBC, Forbes, Telegraph, The Sun, The Mirror, Yahoo News, Metro, and Huffington Post.
Ed divides his time between London and Cannes and, beyond entrepreneurship and tech startups, has a keen interest in politics, business, music, travel, and technology. In his spare time, he enjoys running, skiing, hiking, reading, and writing.
