Deliveroo co-founder

Why Greg Orlowski left Deliveroo

The founding CTO left in February 2016, after Deliveroo had grown across Europe.

Greg Orlowski is a software engineer and a childhood friend of Will Shu. In 2013 the two founded Deliveroo in London, with Orlowski as chief technology officer.

For two years it grew mainly by word of mouth in London. It raised £2.75M in 2014 and $25M from Accel in January 2015, and opened in Paris, Berlin and Dublin in 2015.

Orlowski left in February 2016. He moved to Chicago to spend more time with his wife after the birth of their daughter. He and Shu are still friends.

Deliveroo listed in London in March 2021 at 390p. DoorDash agreed to buy it for about £2.9bn in May 2025 and completed the deal on 2 October 2025.

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What was Greg Orlowski's role at Deliveroo?

Greg Orlowski is a Deliveroo co-founder and its first chief technology officer. He is a software engineer who founded the company in 2013 with his childhood friend Will Shu.

How did Greg Orlowski meet Will Shu?

They were childhood friends and old schoolmates. Shu contacted him to build the first version of the ordering product in London.

Why did Greg Orlowski leave Deliveroo?

He left in February 2016 to spend more time with his wife in Chicago after the birth of their daughter. He and Shu remain friends.