标题: 2022.01.23 约翰-考德威尔 商人和慈善家 [打印本页] 作者: shiyi18 时间: 2022-2-9 04:16 标题: 2022.01.23 约翰-考德威尔 商人和慈善家 Released On: 23 Jan 2022
John Caudwell is a businessman and philanthropist who founded the mobile phone company Phones 4U in 1996. It became the UK’s largest independent mobile phone retailer and made him one of Britain’s most successful businessmen.
John was born in Birmingham and grew up in Stoke-on-Trent. He came up with his first business venture when he was five – he sold his toys to the other children in his neighbourhood. After he left school he became an apprentice engineer at the Michelin Tyre Factory, but the hunger to have his own business drove him on. In his spare time he set up a variety of enterprises from a grocery store to a mail order business selling motorcycle clothing.
In 1980 he set up a car dealership with his brother Brian and a few years later spotted a mobile phone in use at a car auction. Although the phone was heavy and cumbersome, John saw the potential of cellular technology and set up his own retail business, starting off with 26 phones which took him almost a year to sell.
In 2000 he set up Caudwell Children, his charity which helps children with disabilities, and remains its largest single benefactor. He was one of the first people in the UK to sign up to Bill and Melinda Gates’s Giving Pledge, vowing to give away 70% of his wealth during his lifetime. In 2006 John sold the Caudwell Group for £1.5 billion.
DISC ONE: Bennie and the Jets by Elton John
DISC TWO: She Loves You by The Beatles
DISC THREE: Bring Him Home by Alfie Boe and the cast and orchestra of Les Misérables
DISC FOUR: Maggie May by Rod Stewart
DISC FIVE: My Way by Frank Sinatra
DISC SIX: Bat out of Hell by Meat Loaf
DISC SEVEN: Fix You by Coldplay
DISC EIGHT: Truly Madly Deeply by Savage Garden
Book: A Desert Island Survival manual
Luxury: Sunblock
CASTAWAY'S FAVOURITE: Fix You by Coldplay
DISC ONE: 埃尔顿-约翰的《本尼和喷气机》。
第二张唱片。披头士乐队的《她爱你》。
DISC THREE: Bring Him Home by Alfie Boe and the cast and orchestra of Les Misérables.
DISC 4：Maggie May by Rod Stewart
DISC 5：Frank Sinatra的《My Way》。
DISC 6：《地狱之蝠》（Meat Loaf）。
DISC VII: Coldplay的Fix You
DISC EIGHT: Savage Garden的Truly Madly Deeply。
