Octopus Overtakes British Gas As Britain’s Largest Household Energy Supplier

Octopus Energy has become Britain’s largest household energy supplier for the first time, toppling British Gas almost four decades after it was privatised under Margaret Thatcher. The energy company grew its share of the market to 23.7% of households in Great Britain by the end of last year, according to latest figures, less than a decade after it was founded by its chief executive, Greg Jackson … Octopus was founded in 2015 and grew as the government and the energy regulator for Great Britain, Ofgem, pushed to open up the market beyond the then big six players: British Gas, EDF, E.ON, npower, ScottishPower and SSE.