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United Kingdom Grant Shapps is a British politician who has held multiple cabinet positions, offering extensive experience in governance and policy-making.
The Financial Times reported that a "secret pay deal" existed between Shapps and OpenBrix, a British blockchain property portal company. The story alleged that Shapps would have received payment in cryptocurrency tokens with a future value of up to £700,000. Shapps resigned from OpenBrix and from his position as chairman of the all-party parliamentary group on blockchain which he had founded.
In 1990, Grant founded PrintHouse Corporation, a design, print, website creation and marketing business in London.
In September 2012, Google blacklisted 19 of Shapps's business websites for violating rules on copyright infringement related to the web scraping-based TrafficPayMaster software sold by them. Shapps's web marketing business's 20/20 Challenge publication also drew criticism. It cost $497 and promised customers earnings of $20,000 in 20 days. Upon purchase, the 'toolkit' was revealed to be an ebook, advising the user to create their own toolkit and recruit 100 'Joint Venture Partners' to resell it for a share of the profits.
Shapps founded a web publishing business, How To Corp Limited, with his wife while he was recovering from cancer. The company marketed business publications and software. The existence of at least three people who allegedly provided testimonials for the company has been questioned.
Sir Grant Shapps was born on September 14, 1968, in Croxley Green, Hertfordshire. He pursued his education at Cassio College, Watford, and later earned a business and finance diploma from Manchester Polytechnic. His professional career began in 1990 when he founded PrintHouse Corporation, a business focusing on design, print, website creation, and marketing. Over the years, he demonstrated a capacity for entrepreneurial ventures, including a web publishing business, How To Corp Limited.
Shapps entered politics as a Conservative candidate, first contesting a local ward in Manchester in 1990, and later parliamentary seats in North Southwark and Bermondsey in 1997 and Welwyn Hatfield in 2001. He was successfully elected as the Member of Parliament for Welwyn Hatfield in 2005, a position he held until 2024. His parliamentary journey saw him quickly rise through the ranks, becoming Vice Chairman of the Conservative Party in 2005 and Shadow Housing Minister in 2007.
His governmental career is marked by a series of high-profile ministerial roles. He served as Minister of State for Housing and Local Government from 2010 to 2012, then as co-chairman of the Conservative Party and Minister without Portfolio. Subsequently, he held the portfolio of Minister of State at the Department for International Development in 2015. More recently, he served as Secretary of State for Transport (2019-2022), Home Secretary (2022), Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (2022-2023), Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero (2023), and Secretary of State for Defence (2023-2024). His diverse experience in key government departments highlights his deep understanding of varied policy areas.
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