Jeremy Peter Jackson (born October 1975) is a British businessman, the

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(CEO) of

Flutter Entertainment Flutter Entertainment plc (formerly Paddy Power Betfair plc) is an Irish gambling holding company created by the merger of Paddy Power and Betfair, and the later acquisition of The Stars Group. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange, and is a ...

since January 2018.

Early life

Jeremy Peter Jackson was born in October 1975 in

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, England. He has a bachelor's degree in manufacturing engineering from Pembroke College,

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Career

Jackson has worked at

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, Halifax Bank of Scotland and

McKinsey & Company McKinsey & Company is a global management consulting firm founded in 1926 by University of Chicago professor James O. McKinsey, that offers professional services to corporations, governments, and other organizations. McKinsey is the oldest and ...

, and was CEO of

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from 2010 to 2015. On 26 January 2016,

Banco Santander Banco Santander, S.A., doing business as Santander Group (, , Spanish: ), is a Spanish multinational financial services company based in Madrid and Santander in Spain. Additionally, Santander maintains a presence in all global financial centres ...

appointed Jackson as their new head of the Group´s Innovation area, he replaces José María Fuster who, after more than 30 years service with the Santander Group, will continue as an external advisor. On 1 March 2017, Jackson joined Worldpay UK as CEO of its UK operations, replacing Dave Hobday who left Worldpay in December to head up the

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. In August 2017, it was announced that Jackson would succeed

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as CEO of

Paddy Power Betfair Flutter Entertainment plc (formerly Paddy Power Betfair plc) is an Irish gambling holding company created by the merger of Paddy Power and Betfair, and the later acquisition of The Stars Group. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange, and is ...

in January 2018. In July 2017, it was announced that Jackson would become the Chairman for

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, a technology startup in London.

References

1975 births Living people Alumni of Pembroke College, Cambridge British chief executives Businesspeople from Leeds {{UK-business-bio-1970s-stub