Hot 100 2013 – 72: Thunderhead

The basics

Company name: Thunderhead
What they do: Multi-channel communications solutions
Headquarters: Borehamwood
The Boss: Glen Manchester

The financials

Latest turnover (£,000): 35,733
Four-year compound sales growth (%): 31
Latest Ebitda (£,000): 3,908

The details

Glen Manchester’s Thunderhead.com is well known to Real Business and the Hot 100. The company, launched in 2004, sells SaaS software to help companies keep track of – and engage with – their customers.

Thunderhead.com employs more than 250 people around the world who look after 150 enterprise customers, including Allianz, Saga, Nomura, BNP Paribas and Prudential among others. Recently Thunderhead.com has made a big push into the US, hiring local sales people and landing big government contracts.

Compound annual growth has been 31 per cent over the last four years, landing the company with a £35.7m turnover and £3.9m Ebitda.

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