Lucky John by John Brown

Lucky John by John Brown

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This is the story of an East End boy made good in the colourful world of bookmaking. A man of strong opinions, John Brown gives his views on the organizations and individuals he has encountered and on the management of British business.

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Lucky John by John Brown

From the humblest beginnings, John Brown became the dominant figure in British bookmaking as Chairman of William Hill. Brought up in the East End, and still sounding like an East End barrow boy, Brown's doughty, ambitious character and sharp intellect took him from tea boy to tycoon. While he schoolmates were taking their exams, Brown was flat on his back in an isolation hospital with rheumatic fever. Armed with nothing more than a determination to be a bookmaker, he wrote to William Hill and started as a tea boy. This title traces Brwon's increasingly public rise from the bottom to the slippery top, and the multi-million pound reward that came with William Hill's eventual stock market flotation. A man of strong opinions, strongly expressed, John Brown gives his views on the organizations and individuals he has encountered and on the the management of British business.
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ISBN 13 9781904317302
ISBN 10 1904317308
Title Lucky John
Author John Brown
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Hardback
Publisher Raceform Ltd
Year published 2004-07-01
Number of pages 304
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.