Eight Years of Business Ambition
We created The Top 50 programme to champion ambition, beyond our investments. In the last seven years, we’ve profiled hundreds of the UK’s most ambitious business leaders.
Meet The Top 50 and Ones to Watch from 2025 and previous years.
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Why Celebrate Ambition?
Bex Burn-Callander, Editor of The Top 50 and LDC’s Sam Grey look at the past, present and future of the programme. Why do we celebrate ambition, and why is it so important?
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for The LDC Top 50 2026
The LDC Top 50 celebrates the founders, CEO and managing directors championing who are demonstrating remarkable ambition and driving the UK economy forward. Nominate for The Top 50 2026 below.
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Where Are They Now?
The LDC Top 50 Most Ambitious Business Leaders programme has recognised hundreds of exceptional individuals since its launch in 2018.
In our ‘Where Are They Now’ series, we reconnect with some of our alumni to explore what happened next in their growth journey, the impact of being part of the programme, and how their ambitions have evolved. For many, being recognised in The LDC Top 50 marked a milestone- not the conclusion – of their success story. By sharing these journeys, we aim to inspire other entrepreneurs and encourage them to pursue their goals, whatever form success may take.