£0 - £2.3 Billion: How John Caudwell Built & Sold Phones 4U

In this full interview, I sit down with John Caudwell, billionaire entrepreneur and founder of Phones 4U, for an honest and powerful conversation about business, success, and purpose.

We talk about how John built one of the UK’s most successful phone retailers, the mindset behind scaling and selling a billion-pound business, the truth about entrepreneurship that most people don’t want to hear and what drives him today and his advice for the next generation of entrepreneurs

Filmed at John’s home in Mayfair, this is one of the most inspiring interviews I’ve done - full of real lessons, candid stories, and perspective from someone who’s truly seen it all.

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Website - https://johncaudwell.com/

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Who am I?

My name is James Sinclair and I'm the founder and CEO of The Fabadousa Group of Companies. I started building my business when I was just 16 as a family entertainer after that I built up an entertainment agency, then moved into building a leisure and day nursery businesses. Today we operate a £50 million business which includes leisure, childcare, outdoor attractions, commercial property, arts and crafts manufacturing as well as one of the UK’s oldest Ice cream companies; The Rossi Ice Cream Company.