Matthew Moulding, whose first job was as a potwasher at his local pub, is set for one of the biggest payouts in British history.
After The Hut Group, which he co-founded back in 2004, saw its share price soar he's in line for an astonishing £830million.
The 48-year-old entrepreneur grew up in Colne, a town north of Burnley in Lancashire, the son of a road worker whose mother was a homemaker.
He attended a local state school, before going on to study industrial economics at Nottingham University and later founded The Hut Group.
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