Joel Perlman

Co-founder, OakNorth

Joel Perlman is the Co-founder of OakNorth, the neobank for entrepreneurs, by entrepreneurs. OakNorth has lent over £10bn since its launch in September 2015 and has reached profits of over £150m in 2022 (2023 results are yet to be published). Previously, Joel founded Copal Partners, a financial research company, in 2002 with just $60k. Over 12 years, he and his Co-founder, Rishi Khosla, scaled it to a 3,000-employee organization across 12 markets, before selling it to Moody’s Corporation (NYSE: MCO) and returning over 200x to seed investors. Joel grew up in Bogota, Colombia. He began his career as a Consultant at McKinsey & Company and has degrees from the London School of Economics and Georgetown University.