He was named in the Sunday Times Rich List 2019 having recorded a net worth of £306 m.[2] Oliver Cookson is a British entrepreneur, who grew up in Withington, Manchester, in the Northwest of England, and comes from a working-class background.

[6] He began trading from a lock-up garage and built Myprotein into a multi-million-pound business employing more than fifty staff and selling products across the UK and Europe.

Those shares earned him another estimated £283 million when The Hut Group debuted on the stock market with the biggest initial public offering (IPO) of the year in 2020.

[11] On 1 November 2011, Cookson established the business Monocore[12] launching multiple consumer nutrition brands, including GoNutrition, before fully exiting the company in 2019.

[14] More than just greens, one daily serving also delivers essential vitamins, minerals and superfoods to elevate your everyday wellness, keep your energy up, keep your gut health balanced and your immune system strong.

[17] In 2001, Cookson was fined £600 and ordered to complete 200 hours community service after pleading guilty to incitement under the Computer Misuse Act 1990, having discovered a system which allowed viewers to see pay-per-view channels for free.