THE MANIFESTO
Deliveroo plans to keep thinking outside the box
Will Shu disagrees with claims that technology businesses cannot succeed in Britain
Will Shu has grown his business from delivering for a single restaurant in London to a global player in a competitive sector
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Will Shu has been revising, mugging up on facts about the UK, such as that St David is the patron saint of Wales, that 0.9 per cent of the population is Sikh and that a great British pastime is going to the pub. The American-born founder and chief executive of Deliveroo recently took his British citizenship test and passed with flying colours. After two decades of living in London, it was, he said, about time: “I love this country, I love London and it just felt . . . it’s an emotional thing.” His citizenship ceremony is slated for a few months’ time.
Shu’s family are mainly abroad and while they know what he does, “they might read something in the newspaper, but they’re not
