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The Decisions That Made Me A Leader: The Depop Story

Evan Davis sits down with Simon Beckerman, the founder of the pre-loved fashion platform Depop.

Simon Beckerman is the founder of Depop, a platform where people can buy and sell pre-loved fashion, it currently has around 35 million registered users. He sold the company to Etsy for £1.25 billion in 2021.

Simon grew up in Italy to British and Italian parents who he describes as rebels in their own way and even as a teenager he knew he had to build his own business because ‘I was unemployable’

His latest business, is DELLI a food app connecting independent retailers with consumers.

Evan asks about the key personal and business-related decisions that got him to where he is today.

The Decisions That Made Me A Leader is a mini-series from The Bottom Line. It features one-on-one interviews with entrepreneurs and business leaders, including Duncan Bannatyne, Martha Lane Fox, and the boss of Depop, Simon Beckerman. All of these episodes are available on ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ Sounds and you can also watch them on ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ iPlayer. To find the series, just search: The Decisions That Made Me A Leader. You can also watch the series on ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ iPlayer. To find the series, just search: The Decisions That Made Me A Leader.

Host: Evan Davis
Producers: Paige Neal-Holder and Farhana Haider
Assistant Editor: Matt Willis
Senior News Editor: Sam Bonham
Commissioning Editor: Hugh Levinson

A ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ News Long Form Audio production.

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45 minutes

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  • Tue 28 May 2024 21:30
  • Thu 13 Jun 2024 23:30

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