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How do top businessmen like Robert Maxwell and Sir Terence Conran make their fortunes? When did they decide to start out on their own? How did they begin? What attracted them to the competitive, exciting world of business? What makes them tick? Why aren't they using their talents to draw a comfortable, risk-free salary by working for somebody else? Could you throw up your job and follow their example?These are just some of the questions that Tycoons attempt to answer. Thirteen of Britain's most successful entrepreneurs were interviewed by William Kay, City Editor of The Times, and this book charts their careers, wealth, power and, in some cases, national fame. In far greater depth than ever before, these thirteen men explain how they got started and reveal the secrets that got them to the top.
What emerges is a picture of how successful businesses are created. The beginnings may be hit or miss, without any grand plan. But an idea germinates, an opportunity is seized, and almost without realising it, each of these entrepreneurs has found himself laying the foundations of a major business empire.
ISBN:9780861883479
