Jurga Zilinskiene MBE (Lithuanian: Jurga Žilinskiene, born 2 August 1976) is an entrepreneur, programmer and founder of Guildhawk, formerly Today Translations, a global translation company.
A summation in City AM described Zilinskiene as: '...one hell of a formidable businesswoman...
a Lithuanian-born cross between Richard Branson and Margaret Thatcher...
combined perhaps with shades of Warren Buffett, whose frugality and dislike of shopping and ostentation she shares'.Zilinskiene has been interviewed in many national newspapers about Guildhawk and her unconventional approach to business.
She has appeared in the Financial Times, the Independent on Sunday, Daily Telegraph and the business website, Growing Business.In 2018 Zilinskiene was named as one of 100 women that Lithuania is proud of as part of the '100 Lithuanian Women' project.
She was awarded an MBE by Queen Elizabeth II in the 2019 Birthday Honours.