Sumir Karayi(United Kingdom · ♂)— A Microsoft in-house consultant who helped enterprises adopt Microsoft software, then started 1E from his west Ealing flat in 1997, growing it organically over 20 years into an endpoint and digital-experience management vendor.
Mark Blackburn(United Kingdom · ♂)— A fellow Microsoft consultant who co-founded 1E with Karayi in 1997, helping turn the consultancy into an enterprise software business.