Taking on the Big Six: OVO Energy's Stephen Fitzpatrick on disrupting the energy sector

Michael Holder
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Entrepreneur's energy firm is now one of biggest challengers to the Big Six in the UK, so where does he see the industry heading next?

It's fair to say the world has changed a little since Stephen Fitzpatrick first started thinking about getting into the green economy. Around the turn of the millennium, when still a student pondering...

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