Times were tough for Steve Smith, the founder of Poundland, when he was growing up. At the age of just two he would find himself sat on his father's market stall freezing cold at 6am. But a brain for business obviously ran in the family as the entrpreneur went on to sell his company for £50million. Now Mr Smith, 51, lives in a 13-bedroom play store app mansion in Shropshire which has its own swimming pool, snooker room and pub. The businessman is now making a start on his next venture - an online version of Poundland called poundshop.com.
This led his father to start a market stall before he bought his own cash and carry. Mr Smith remembers helping out on both the stall and in the cash and carry which is where he learnt play store app the basics of business.
'I was more interested in getting in making cash. I’d get round to doing my homework later.' When most 16-year-olds would have been sitting exams, Mr Smith opened his first discount play store app shop in West Bromwich.
If play store app items had lost their packaging they were put in a box and sold for 10p. The box was always popular and everything got sold which is where the idea for Poundland came. He managed to convice a shopping centre in Burton upon Trent to open a store in December 1990 and £13,000 of stock was sold on the first day.
Mr Smith now finds himself living in a luxury mansion with his family while also owning homes in Florida and Majorca. Despite having enough money in the bank to retire, Mr Smith didn't want to stop working just yet and has launched a number of other businesses including one which offers investment loans to other entrepreneurs waiting for a lucky break. Source: Daily Mail
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