Love, Pain & Money: The Making of a Billionaire

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John David Caudwell (born 7 October 1952) is a British billionaire businessman who founded the now defunct mobile phone retailer Phones 4u. He also invests in fashion, real estate and other industries, and chairs Caudwell Children, a children's charity, [1] and Caudwell LymeCo, promoting chronic Lyme disease beliefs in the UK. [2] [3] BEST QUALITY AVAILABLE A Chanel diamond watch, serial no DX14724, stolen in a robberyfrom the home of former Phones4U chief John Caudwell Caudwell is reported to be a proud Brexiteer, alongside a number of other British billionaires. [27] The founder of Phones 4u was left fighting for his life after he was involved in a horror crash while on holiday in Italy. The house isn’t lavish for the sake of it and it’s not some rarely-used luxury bolthole. The busy mansion is designed not only as a base for John’s property business but also as a beacon for the activities of Caudwell Children to promote and attract funders for its work helping disabled children across the UK.

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I've managed to train my children to stop crying at quite an early age and teach them to speak as soon as they can speak. I teach them to request what they want rather than cry for it.

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. I read this whilst sailing the Atlantic! (so I could kind of relate to it although there were no comparisons to what Cauldwell did in terms of sheer guts, determination and courage).

Love, Pain and Money: The Making of a Billionaire by John

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. While his physical wounds have long since recovered, the horrifying ordeal has lived long in his memory and caused him to question his own view of some of the trappings of his considerable fortune generated by his business success. It is also a very British story. Caudwell is a man who - despite his vast wealth - still knows the price of a pint of milk, buys his clothes from Marks & Spencer and despite having swapped the Michelin plant for Michelin-starred restaurants and hotels, can often be found in a roadside B&B, eating home-made sandwiches after one of his many cycling expeditions. And in 2002, we were starting to get towards saturation of mobile phones. That means a move towards consolidation and a reduction of margins in the marketplace.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. In October 2011, he made a "significant" six-figure donation to Middleport Pottery (one of the last working Victorian pot banks in Britain) in Stoke-on-Trent, through the Prince's Regeneration Trust. [14] In October 2012, Caudwell was one of three principal private donors for the London's Bomber Command Memorial Appeal. [15]