Love, Pain & Money: The Making of a Billionaire

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Love, Pain & Money retraces the inspirational journey, from the very shaky beginnings of his phone empire to owning yachts, private planes, a fleet of top flight cars, a Jacobean mansion in the Midlands and London's most expensive home (featured in a Channel 4 documentary). It's a fascinating insight into the drive, ambition, focus and vision required to become a billionaire. That money helped support the Phones4U chain. But by then John had decided the time was right to get out of phone retail too. Actors played the part of John, his partner and au pair Sophie in a reconstruction of the terrifying robbery.

John Caudwell - Entrepreneur, Business Leader and Philanthropist John Caudwell - Entrepreneur, Business Leader and Philanthropist

I didn't know there was going to be a worldwide financial crisis but I knew there was going to be a recession.” While John remains active in business, he now devotes most of his time to his lifelong philanthropic ambitions. As a signatory to the Giving Pledge, John is committed to giving at least 70 percent of his wealth to charitable causes during and after his lifetime. Tweeting their happy news on March 16, John, who grew up in Shelton, said: "At 3am this morning, two weeks ahead of schedule, @Vzesniauskaite and I welcomed our little boy to the world. I had never heard those words, ‘My mate fancies you,’ which every other bloke I knew seemed pretty familiar with. But Kate from the estate was definitely– very definitely – smiling at me. I took a couple of sips of my beer as my mind went into overdrive trying to work out what was going on. She was moving closer to where I was standing, laughing with her mates and every few minutes throwing her dazzling smile in my direction. She was less than a couple of feet away from me. I had to say something before it was too late. Love, Pain & Money - The Making of a Billionaire is a tale of our times, full of humour, grit, lessons in business and an understanding of what it takes to succeed against all odds.Billionaire businessman John Caudwell has announced the birth of his seventh child, aged 70, in what he describes as the 'most beautiful experience.' The accident came out of nowhere. I was on my first downhill bend of the ride and my front tyre exploded, sending me crashing to the ground.

Love, Pain and Money: The Making of a Billionaire

Asked how his suggestions have been received by other tycoons, he laughs - “I’m a pariah!” - and says he hasn’t persuaded any other billionaires yet. Starmer has also taken the lead on who voters see as the best prime minister, leading 30% to 24% over Johnson. However, still both trail the 34% who opted for “none of these”. After a similar lead a fortnight ago, it represents the strongest run of leads on this question Opinium has shown for Starmer. Ward, Victoria (13 December 2015). "Phones4U billionaire John Caudwell says 11 family members now diagnosed with Lyme disease". The Daily Telegraph . Retrieved 17 May 2019.a b c Dawkins, David (10 October 2019). "Billionaire John Caudwell: 'This Might Make Me Sound Capitalistic And Right-Wing—I'm Not' ". Forbes . Retrieved 5 March 2023. a b c Jamieson, Sophie (22 September 2015). "Phones4U billionaire John Caudwell 'devastated' after whole family diagnosed with Lyme disease". The Daily Telegraph . Retrieved 17 May 2019. Self-made billionaire John Caudwell grew up in Stoke-on-Trent in Staffordshire, England, and discovered his commercial and creative streak at a young age. It was in the mid-1980s, when operating a successful car dealership in his hometown, that he turned a communications problem into a business opportunity. Now, people talk about Bentilee estate as a really rough place," he writes in his book. "It’s the biggest housing estate in Britain and became notorious in the 1980s when it did get pretty out of control. I knew I'd done something serious as I couldn't breathe and I was in agony in my shoulder and rib cage."

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It was unpleasant having to relive the whole experience but, if it helps to catch the thieves, then it will be worth it. Obviously, I want the people responsible caught from a personal point of view, but I also wouldn’t want other people to endure what we went through.” They got Claire’s head and rammed it to the floor and Claire’s hysterical because she can see what’s happened to me and all the blood is pouring all over the kitchen floor," he said.Once dubbed “Britain’s highest taxpayer,” nowadays Caudwell is a proud Brexiteer and stands alongside a number of other British billionaires–James Dyson, Peter Hargreaves, Anthony Bamford, Jim Ratcliffe– in supporting the U.K.’s decision to leave the European Union. She had gone to Eastwood in Nottinghamshire to see some relatives who still lived in the house she grew up in. She went up to her old bedroom, got into the bed she was born in and never woke up. It was 1964 and my grandma was 80 years old when she passed. My dad did not shed a tear. Nor did I. We were men. She wants the child to be a replica of me, which I think is quite charming. At the same time, I just want a child that is happy and well adjusted and so on. I think that's so she has a mini me for her old age. From the outside, the early 2000s looked like a boom time for the mobile phone sector. But as John tells it now, he could see the writing was on the wall. BBC News - General election 2019: Surge in Tory donations before polling day". bbc.co.uk. 23 December 2019 . Retrieved 23 December 2019.

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Inside the 1 Mayfair development in Audley Square, London, being developed by John Caudwell (Image: John Caudwell) Billionaire Phones 4U founder John Caudwell has become a father for the sixth time - at the age of 68.I think other people don't spot things because they can't face the consequences of spotting them,” he said. It was at a car auction in 1987, the height of Mrs Thatcher's booming Britain,that he spotted the future. A mobile phone that came in an unwieldy suitcase. Within two decades Caudwell sold his Phones 4u business for GBP1.46 billion.