John Caudwell
John Caudwell
John David Caudwellis an English businessman, philanthropist and co-founder of mobile phone retailer Phones 4u. He also invests in fashion, real estate and other industries, and chairs Caudwell Children, a charity which benefits ill or disabled children and their families. He is also known for being the UK's biggest taxpayer...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionBusinessman
Date of Birth7 October 1952
stupid dying sometimes
Sometimes your worst competitors are the ones which are dying because they do stupid things.
jobs believe rights
I believe in workers rights when people are doing a good job.
phones mail saws
I saw that e-mail was insidiously invading Phones 4u, so I banned it immediately.
cancer mail modern-business
E-mails are the cancer of modern business.
people important environment
People are much more important than superficial environments.
giving people advice
Really good customer service will deliver sales. You are training salesmen to give the best possible advice and then to achieve the sale. People actually like you to ask for a sale because it shows you value their business.
I do like a healthy dose of adrenalin, but my character is more rounded. I am not timid; I like excitement.
I'm addicted to the deal, to the next thing. It's irresistible.
break leading life maybe people
I'm a capitalist. I'm not going to feel sympathetic to people leading a life they don't have to lead who, with effort, could maybe break out of it.
born brought careful definitely factor family frugal known money success value
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.
amount freedom great huge lucky position privilege
I'm in the lucky position that I can help a huge amount of people. It's a great privilege and freedom to have.