About
Simon is an entrepreneur and executive with experience in financial markets (Standard Chartered Bank) and academia (Professor of International Relations). Simon started to buy and build businesses in 2014 and to date has an IRR of 27%. He previously sustainable incomes in 8 countries and is now lives in Virginia, USA, with his wife and daughter. Simon is English, speak 4 languages (6 on a good day), and has dual US and British citizenships. He is an alumni of University College London (BA (Hons), MA), the University of Edinburgh (PGDip by Research), the University of Exeter (M.Ed) and the University of Cambridge, and is a past recipient of the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council‘s scholarship for Artificial Intelligence. In his spare time he enjoys music, sports documentaries, traveling and spending time with family.
Position in the VCSift Database
- • 1,303 investors hold the Managing Partner role in VCSift. Simon Gillett is one of them.
- • 1,381 investors are based in Washington, District of Columbia, United States.
Data sourced from 410,343 investor profiles. Updated July 2026.
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