2022.01.23 约翰-考德威尔 商人和慈善家

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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

Presenter Lauren Laverne
Producer Paula McGinley



发布日期：2022年1月23日
约翰-考德威尔是一位商人和慈善家。他在1996年创办了手机公司Phones 4U。它成为英国最大的独立手机零售商，并使他成为英国最成功的商人之一。

约翰出生在伯明翰，在特伦特河畔斯托克长大。他在五岁的时候想出了他的第一个创业项目--他把自己的玩具卖给邻居家的其他孩子。离开学校后，他成为米其林轮胎厂的一名学徒工程师，但对拥有自己的企业的渴望驱使他继续前进。在业余时间，他建立了各种企业，从一家杂货店到销售摩托车服装的邮购业务。

1980年，他与他的兄弟布莱恩建立了一个汽车经销商，几年后，他在一个汽车拍卖会上发现了一个正在使用的移动电话。虽然这款手机又重又笨重，但约翰看到了手机技术的潜力，并建立了自己的零售业务，开始时有26部手机，他花了近一年时间才卖出去。

2000年，他成立了帮助残疾儿童的慈善机构Caudwell Children，并一直是该机构最大的单一捐赠者。他是英国第一批签署比尔和梅琳达-盖茨的捐赠承诺的人之一，发誓在他的一生中捐出70%的财富。2006年，约翰以15亿英镑的价格出售了考德威尔集团。

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。

书籍。荒岛求生手册
奢侈品：防晒霜
CASTAWAY的最爱：Coldplay的Fix You

主持人：Lauren Laverne
制片人 Paula McGinley