Can I ask you a personal question?

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Candid, concise and personal interviews with successful entrepreneurs and leaders – in the time it takes you to drink a cup of tea.

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5. A Marriage Story: Private equity tycoon Jon Moulton on business, relationships and divorce

In the fifth episode of ‘Can I ask you a personal question?', Will and Dan speak to Jon Moulton, the private equity entrepreneur behind Better Capital. In this interview, Jon dishes out some marriage advice to Will and Dan, and also explains how he deals with the stresses of business. Back in 2014, one of Jon’s companies, City Link, collapsed shortly before Christmas, leading to thousands of job losses. Jon became a hate figure in the tabloid press - one newspaper even mocked him up with devil h...

Jul 30, 2020•25 min•Season 1Ep. 5

4. Spencer Matthews on life after Made In Chelsea, the pitfalls of privilege and his 'greater calling' – entrepreneurship

In the fourth episode of ‘Can I ask you a personal question?', Will and Dan speak to Spencer Matthews. He may be best known for his starring role in TV's Made In Chelsea (and his royal family connections), but Spencer's attention appears to be very much focused on building his low-alcohol spirits business, The Clean Liquor Co. In this candid interview, Spencer admits he was "quite funny but a bit of a p****" in his Made In Chelsea days. He says he always believed he had a "greater calling than b...

Jul 18, 2020•28 min•Season 1Ep. 4

3. Gina Miller on her career, campaigning, and standing up against discrimination

In the third episode of ‘Can I ask you a personal question?', Will and Dan speak to Gina Miller. She may be best known for spearheading legal challenges to the government’s Brexit process, but Gina has founded and run successful marketing and fund management companies and is long established in the business world. In addition to SCM Direct – a wealth management business she co-founded with her husband, Alan – Gina heads up the True and Fair Campaign and recently set up Messages of Love, which is...

Jul 08, 2020•29 min•Season 1Ep. 3

2. Peter Hargreaves on the secret of entrepreneurial success: "Meetings – don't have 'em"

In the second episode of 'Can I ask you a personal question?', Will and Dan speak to Peter Hargreaves, the billionaire co-founder of FTSE 100-listed investment platform Hargreaves Lansdown. Peter set up the firm from a spare bedroom in his Bristol home with his friend Stephen Lansdown in 1981. Today, thanks to the success of their venture, both Peter and Stephen are billionaires. Peter, 73, is no longer chief executive of Hargreaves Lansdown, but remains its largest single shareholder. He is als...

Jun 29, 2020•23 min•Season 1Ep. 2

1. Charlie Mullins on plumbing, politics and personal life

In the first episode of 'Can I ask you a personal question?', Will and Dan speak to Pimlico Plumbers founder (and current chairman) Charlie Mullins. Today, Charlie is well known as Britain's millionaire plumber – a friend to politicians and celebrities whose business turns over nearly £1m a week. But it wasn't always plain sailing for Pimlico. In this episode, Charlie opens up about the stress and sleepless nights he endured in the early 1990s, when his business was on the ropes and liquidators ...

Jun 22, 2020•26 min•Season 1Ep. 1

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