Gordon Roddick born 1942, Annan, Scotland graduated from the Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester. Gordon was a co-founder of The Body Shop 1976 and was the cofounder and funder of The Big Issue in 1991. A strong human rights and social justice activist, Gordon has for many years supported the Free the Angola 3 coalition. More recently his activism has extended to co-founding 38degrees.org.uk, a non-party political movement that seeks to empower every citizen.