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Famous entrepreneurs

Famous entrepreneurs from Richard Branson and James Caan to Sir Philip Green and Martha Lane Fox are profiled by Growing Business in this section. Discover what some of the most successful entrepreneurs in the UK have to say about what makes them tick and how they achieved business success – and how that successful business propelled them to super-stardom.

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  • Specsavers' Dame Mary Perkins

    The Specsavers' co-founder on successful organic growth, managing a vast network, and dealing with tough calls

  • Marc Worth

    After WGSN co-founder Marc Worth sold the business for £142m, he tried his hand at retirement, angel investing and sunbathing – but found th...

  • Martha Lane Fox on adversity

    Martha Lane Fox recounts how she dealt with the vitriol she experienced when Lastminute.com’s share price plummeted

  • Mark Constantine

    Mark Constantine, co-founder of cosmetics chain Lush, on staying true to his values and shunning the corporate pound.

  • How David Mitchell’s comic rants helped make Bulldog the UK’s fastest growing male grooming brand

    Simon Duffy, founder of male grooming brand Bulldog, reveals how online TV shows fronted by Peep Show’s David Mitchell helped the business t...
    In General marketing

  • Martha Lane Fox

    Martha Lane Fox
    Once referred to, somewhat unflatteringly, as a dotcom dinosaur, Martha Lane Fox is instead leading the digital charge

  • James Caan

    The entrepreneur, Dragons' Den star and investor talks new enterprise initiatives, re-engineering companies, and why he loves his workaholic...

  • Marketing on a shoestring

    The stories behind the winners of the ‘How Good is Your Marketing’ scheme
    In General marketing

  • Luke Johnson

    We meet the man with the cool hand that steered Pizza Express to success and has now turned to supporting angel investing

  • Seb Bishop

    The international CEO of (RED) on building an iconic brand, the power of enterprise and why he has “the best job in the world”

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