Ben Stephenson

Ben is the Founder and CEO of Impala, where his team is reimagining the infrastructure of travel and rebuilding it from the ground up. An engineer by training, he taught himself to code as a child.

Frustrated by the archaic tech he found in the travel sector while working as an engineer, Ben founded Impala in 2017.

Under Ben’s leadership, Impala has been named one of Europe’s fastest-growing startups by Sifted and Otta, and has raised more than $30m from top flight investors including Lakestar, Kima Ventures, Stride.VC and Latitude. Ben is a pioneer of remote-first working, an advocate for progressive workplaces that offer flexibility and autonomy, and an angel investor in API-driven startups that align with his values.