Spencer Gore is a pioneering British entrepreneur whose influence stretches from global healthcare to non-league football. In 2012 he founded the European MedicalJournal (EMJ) in his spare room, determined to make medical knowledge more accessible.
Today, EMJ is a multi-million-pound operation that serves more than 1.2 million healthcare professionals and works with all the world’s top 25 pharmaceutical firms. Around 95% of its business is exported, and in 2022 the company earned a Queen’s (now King’s) Award for Enterprise: International Trade, plus a place on the Sunday Times’ 100 Fastest Growing Companies. More recently, EMJ expanded into the US (with the American Medical Journal generating $5 million revenue in its first year), and launched EMJ Learning – a free CME-accredited platform that offers courses to medical professionals – further boosting medical know-how on a global scale.
Alongside his day job, Spencer is a committed philanthropist and neurodiversity advocate, serving as an ambassador for the British Dyslexia Association. In 2024, he became owner of Chelmsford City FC, clearing over £700,000 of debt and driving the highest attendance growth in the top six tiers (89%!) in a single season. His goal is to make The Clarets a Premier League side by 2038.