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Phones 4u Founder: The Pain Of Becoming A Billionaire: John Caudwell
The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett

Phones 4u Founder: The Pain Of Becoming A Billionaire: John Caudwell

DOAC 1h 22m 54 months ago
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John Caudwell is one of the richest people in the UK, for many years he has been the UK’s highest-paying taxpayer. Making his money on the back of the mobile phone revolution, he is worth £3 billion. And he has built his fortune from nothing.
Growing up in a sometimes unstable household, John ran his first business while working full time as an apprentice mechanic. His energy and drive sustained him throughout his money-making journey. But this single-minded determination came at a cost. He sacrified friends and a social life, and has called his experience founding Phones 4u “twenty years of grief”. Perhaps no one has been more open with me about what it took to build their empire, and what it ultimately took from them. 
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