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I was bullied at school for my red hair; today I still come out fighting hard. I give as good as I get. In business, it's about finding solutions, not being rolled over.

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My second business would have succeeded but for competitors' jealousy. I was selling motorbike gear cheap, but the people I was undercutting complained to the manufacturer and cut off my supply. It showed me how corrupt business can be. When I sold phones, the same thing happened, but this time I was ready.

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I'm known for value for money. I was brought up to be frugal, and it's definitely a factor in my success. I was born in the Fifties, which was a frugal era, and my family had to be very careful with money out of necessity.

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My father was unwell when I was 11, had a stroke at 14 and died when I was 18. My mother going to work at seven in the morning and coming back to look after him and me and my brother left its mark on me.

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In the early days, I had everything to prove. A very working class lad with a burning ambition. A very crude way of measuring success is how much you are worth.

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Sometimes your worst competitors are the ones which are dying because they do stupid things.

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My objective is to leave my family adequately catered for, but I want my children to make their own way. I want them to have pride in their own achievements.

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I do want to keep the Wedgewood Collection in place, intact, and open to the public. Selling it off would be a real tragedy.

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Journalists like to say I started off sweeping the pottery floors. But it was just a short-lived part time job doing that after I left school.

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I might have made more money if I had outsourced to India, and I knew I'd find it easier to hire senior managers in London. But I wanted to be in Stoke. What could be more satisfying than creating work for 3,000 people in my home town?

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Biography

Nationality: English

Type: Businessman

Born: October 7th, 1952

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