Michael Bruce (born 28 June 1973) is a British entrepreneur, and the co-founder and ex CEO of the online estate agent

Purplebricks Purplebricks is an online estate agent which operates in the UK. Founded in 2012 by Michael Bruce and Kenny Bruce, it is backed by investors that include venture capital firm DN Capital as well as Neil Woodford, Paul Pindar, and Errol Dameli ...

. After studying Law in Southampton, Bruce embarked upon a legal career before purchasing Midlands estate agent Burchell Edwards with his brother Kenny in 2006, eventually selling it to

Connells Connells Limited, doing business as, trading as Connells Group, is a British estate agency and property services company headquartered in Leighton Buzzard, and a subsidiary of Skipton Building Society. History In 1936 the first Connells estate ...

in 2011. Together with his brother they would go on to found

in 2012, with the company floating on the

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in December 2015 for $300m and increased in value to over $1billion before falling back to £300m by May 2019. Purplebricks has launched in the UK, Australia and the US and raised £100m from Axel Springer. In May 2019 Michael stepped down from his role as Chief Executive.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Bruce, Michael 1973 births Living people Alumni of the University of Southampton British technology company founders