Guest Speakers
Anita Roddick is undoubtedly one of the most inspirational entrepreneurs in the world. Worth an estimated £69 million her success stemmed from her desire to create a livelihood for herself and her two daughters, and thus The Body Shop was born in 1976.
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James Dyson was the first ever guest speaker for Oxford Entrepreneurs. Bob Goodson describes his visit:
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Trevor had always had a passion for inventing, especially inventing products that might help the physically handicapped. (more…)
Stelios graduated with an Economics degree from the London School of Economics in 1987. Two years later he joined his father’s shipping company, Troodos Shipping. In 1992 he founded his first venture, Stelmar Shipping, which sold for £690m in 2005. (more…)
Karan started out as a Chartered Accountant in 1987, two years later he founded Cobra Beer and realised his ambition to develop a less gassy,premium lager as the perfect compliment to Indian food.
Leaving Cambridge in the 70’s with a law degree and no idea of what to do, Dinesh Dhamija eventually landed a job with IBM. However, working for someone else was not all it was cracked up to be and Dinesh soon realised that the taxman was getting more of this salary than he was.
Luke Johnson is the Chairman of Channel 4 Television and Chairman of Signature Restaurants, which owns establishments including The Ivy and Belgo.
Born the son of a tailor in 1947, Sir Alan is now the head of a Business Empire worth £700 million.
