Pret & Itsu Founder: How I Built TWO Billion Dollar Brands At The Same Time!: Julian Metcalfe | E173

ℹ️ EPISODE INFO

Released

August 29, 2022

Duration

1h 19m

Channel

The Diary of a CEO

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📝 EPISODE DESCRIPTION

Julian Metcalfe is the founder of Pret A Manger and Itsu, and since he’s been a young man has been on a mission to change the way we think about eating out and how we eat. His companies are together worth over $3 billion. Topics: 0:00 Intro 01:32 Early years 06:00 The affect your parents had on you 12:01 The importance of transparency 17:44 Affection & self esteem 27:27 Was money driving you? 30:59 What was the "specialness" that made Pret successful 37:06 How I run my businesses 50:03 Selling Pret 56:14 Starting ITSU 58:01 The hardest day of your career 01:02:14 Finding out you had a daughter 01:07:14 What are you scared of? 01:08:45 Your happiness recipe 01:11:31 The last guest question Are you ready to think like a CEO? Gain access to the 100 CEOs newsletter here: ⁠https://bit.ly/100-ceos-newsletter Itsu: https://www.itsu.com/ Listen on: Apple podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast... Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7iQXmUT... FOLLOW ► Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/steven/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/SteveBartlettSC Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/steven-bartlett-56986834/ Sponsors: Vodafone Business - https://www.vodafone.co.uk/business/sme-business?cid=psoc-ent/vhub/doaceo/aws/3.22/ntst Craftd - https://g2ul0.app.link/gZ8in6Dsvsb Huel - https://g2ul0.app.link/wjmvak5nAsb Carpets gifted from Tapi - https://g2ul0.app.link/tDr1dkXNKsb Chandelier & Lights gifted from Tom Kirk Lighting - https://g2ul0.app.link/h2nesEZNKsb

🎤 SPEAKERS

• Julian Metcalfe

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• Steven Bartlett

  host

🧾 EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of The Diary of a CEO, featuring Julian Metcalfe and Steven Bartlett, Pret & Itsu Founder: How I Built TWO Billion Dollar Brands At The Same Time!: Julian Metcalfe | E173 explores julian Metcalfe: Turning Pain, Obsession And Truth Into Billion-Dollar Brands Julian Metcalfe, founder of Pret A Manger and itsu, explains how childhood loneliness, distrust of authority, and a deep love of food and people shaped two multi‑billion‑dollar brands.

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