Episode 23: Building a £1bn business from scratch

Join Jonathan Boyers, Head of Alvarez & Marsal Corporate Finance, and Chris Maguire, Executive Editor of BusinessCloud, as they sit down with Mia Drennan, Founder & CEO of GLAS.

In this episode, Mia Drennan discusses:

Growing GLAS from £6k loan to a £1bn+ business

How her gender grounded her hopes of being a fighter pilot

Working as a holiday rep in Corfu

Exiting her first business Square Mile Connections

How it took 400 meetings to secure her first deal for GLAS

Expanding into 10 countries; 14 cities and 4 continents

Securing c£1bn investment from Oakley Capital and La Caisse

Being one of only a handful of female founders of  a £1bn+ business