Arthur Kay

Arthur Kay

Founder of Skyroom

Arthur Kay is an entrepreneur and urban designer building solutions for sustainable cities.

Arthur is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Skyroom, the design, technology and development company that builds new buildings in the airspace above existing buildings (2018-).

He is Founder and Chair of the £100 million ESG private equity fund, the Key Worker Homes Fund (2020); Founder and former Chief Executive Officer of the clean technology company, bio-bean (2013-2018 (acquired 2023)); and co-Founder and co-Chair of the think tank, Fast Forward 2030 (2015-).

In addition, Arthur is an Entrepreneur in Residence at UCL’s Institute for Global Prosperity and a Visiting Lecturer in technology, entrepreneurship, and design at both UCL, and Imperial College London. He is an advisor to various organisations, including a leading real estate development company, the Victoria & Albert Museum (London, UK); the Royal Academy of Engineering, where he chairs the Sustainability and Climate Roundtable, and the Museum of the Home (London, UK) where he serves as a Trustee.

Arthur’s work has been recognised by the UN as a Sustainable Development Goals Pioneer; The Guardian as Sustainable Business Leader of the Year; MIT Technology Review, as a 35-under-35; and Forbes as an all-star 30-under-30. His words and work have appeared in publications, including the FT, MIT Technology Review, Wired, Architect’s Journal, RIBA Journal, Architectural Review, Architectural Digest, Wallpaper*, Bloomberg, New Scientist, National Geographic, The New York Times, The Times, The Telegraph, The Guardian, CNN, CNBC, CBS, and the BBC.

Arthur studied architecture at The Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL, and entrepreneurship at The Stanford Graduate School of Business.