Love, Pain & Money: The Making of a Billionaire

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John Caudwell is fundraising for Caudwell Children". Justgiving.com. 14 June 2012 . Retrieved 25 February 2016. His current partner is Lithuanian former Olympic cyclist Modesta Vžesniauskaitė. [34] They announced that they were expecting their first baby together in spring 2021, [35] The couple welcomed a son later that year. [36] That money helped support the Phones4U chain. But by then John had decided the time was right to get out of phone retail too.

Love, Pain and Money: The Making of a Billionaire

Caudwell also warned he would not continue to support the party should it continue to be hit by allegations of sleaze. “Whoever can rule this country properly, in my view, I will vote for,” he said. “I’m not a dyed-in-the-wool Conservative that will stay Conservative. I will vote for anybody that I believe has got the right set of principles to keep Britain great. The Conservative party can’t take my support for granted.” The house isn’t lavish for the sake of it and it’s not some rarely-used luxury bolthole. The busy mansion is designed not only as a base for John’s property business but also as a beacon for the activities of Caudwell Children to promote and attract funders for its work helping disabled children across the UK. A Chanel diamond bracelet, stolen in a robbery from the home of former Phones4U chief John Caudwell John Caudwell's London mansion, as seen in Channel 4 show Britain's Most Expensive Home (Image: Channel 4)

John Caudwell, 68, from Staffordshire, said he needed a number of operations after he broke 11 bones in the freak accident. John is clear that he wants to be remembered for his charity work rather than his business success. He received the Noble Gift Philantropreneur Award in 2012 for his dedication to charity work, and continues to commit his time and money raising money for vitally important causes.

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We cover all the latest retail news with journalists based in the regions - you can read our retail news here. Despite the crash, Mr Caudwell was able to call his partner, Modesta Vzasniauskaite, a road racing cyclist from Lithuania.

She was screaming, ‘get an ambulance, he’s dying.’ And of course, I might have been, because when you get smashed over the head with a crowbar, you know it’s a vicious weapon.” Through his charities Caudwell Children, Caudwell Youth and Caudwell LymeCo, John’s present focus is on improving the evidence, research and ultimately, therapies available to those with disabilities and Lyme disease. John Caudwell was born on 7 October 1952 in Birmingham, England. Originally from the Midlands, his family moved and settled in Stoke-on-Trent in north Staffordshire, an area which has always battled with economic and social challenges. Born in a terraced house in Stoke-on-Trent, Caudwell went from bullied child to insecure trainee engineer at a local Michelin plant to self-made billionaire, befriending Sir Elton John, Eva Longoria, Hugh Grant and Robbie Williams, who have all taken part in his charity balls to raise money for Caudwell Children. My parents (Bill and Peggy Walsh) both passed away in 2010 at the ages of 92 and 93, in San Pedro, California. When I was going through their books, I found this book autographed with these words: