Honour – Ashley was crowned Rising Star at the 2025 Tees Tech Awards.
He believes that if you keep building your skills, take chances and back your ideas, you can create something amazing – even starting out small.
Ashley’ s story proves career journeys aren’ t always straightforward. You don’ t need to have everything figured out at 16. What matters is being open to learning, working hard and being brave enough to chase your ideas.
From making sandwiches to building a global tech company, Ashley Wood is showing young people on Teesside that anything is possible.
ASHLEY’ S ARRIVAL
Worked in Subway to fund his studies.
Building one of the fastest-growing companies in the iGaming sector.
Proving that Teesside, not London, is the place to create world-leading tech companies.
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