Love, Pain & Money: The Making of a Billionaire

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John Caudwell was born on 7 October 1952 in Birmingham, England. Originally from the Midlands, his family moved and settled in Stoke-on-Trent in north Staffordshire, an area which has always battled with economic and social challenges. Billionaire John Caudwell, 68, and girlfriend Modesta Vzesniauskaite expecting first baby together - find out gender". HELLO!. 8 November 2020 . Retrieved 21 December 2020. John, now aged 69 and a dad-of-six, also expressed his frustration with the UK’s criminal justice system.

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From the age of three of four, I'll start talking to them about the evils of drugs in society and start talking about being a kind and generous person. Almost a brainwashing process." I always move on,” he said. “That’s right from the day I stopped getting involved in cars. Once, I knew every light unit on every car and every badge. I could have told you what any car was from 100 metres. Now I couldn't tell you the difference between a Vauxhall and a BMW. I know nothing. Zero. The Jane Martinson interview: Gruff and tough operator rings off with a billion". The Guardian. 11 August 2006 . Retrieved 4 May 2021.The founder of Phones 4u was left fighting for his life after he was involved in a horror crash while on holiday in Italy. 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). The couple live in Mr Caudwell's Staffordshire mansion Broughton Hall near Eccleshall, but also spend time in London and Monaco.

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At the time, John, who grew up in Shelton, said: "“The police approached us about taking part in Crimewatch, because it could potentially be very useful in stimulating information. The businessman John Caudwell has vowed to shun tax avoidance schemes after using them to build his Phones4U empire in the 1990s. My eldest daughter is 41 so it probably seems a little bit strange that dad's had another baby before they've had theirs but they're all very happy. 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.John is clear that he wants to be remembered for his charity work rather than his business success. He received the Noble Gift Philantropreneur Award in 2012 for his dedication to charity work, and continues to commit his time and money raising money for vitally important causes. Read More : McDonalds issues statement after branch was closed due to suspected Carbon Monoxide poisoning

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He said: “I try to take people with me but they could either come with me because they were with me or they could come with me because they'd got no option. In May 1946 John Caldwell set out to sail from Panama to Sydney to reunite with his wife who he hadn't seen for more than a year. Eager to reach his destination and unable to secure any other form of transport, he had to resort to singlehanded seamanship. Caldwell died in early November 1998 on his home island of Palm Island in the Grenadines. He was aged 80.

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.