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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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  • 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.

  • 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...

  • 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”

  • John Griffin

    The Addison Lee founder on how he’s kept Britain’s largest minicab firm thriving through the downturn

  • Harold Tillman

    The rag trade mogul on losing a fortune, revitalising Jaeger and turning Aquascutum around

  • Bilimoria's fight to regenerate Cobra

    The founder of Cobra Beer tells GB how he nearly lost his brand to the financial crisis and why he's doing things differently now

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