My teachers said I had ‘no hope’ at school so I dropped out… now I run a £75m business & it all started with my phone
A MAN who dropped out of school after his teachers said he had “no hope” now runs a £75million business – and it all started with his phone.
Jamie Fraser, 28, left school with just four GCSEs and started his company with a phone and a tiny office.
Now he is at the helm of £75million recruitment firm InterEx – and is forking up £100,000 to help hard-up youngsters start their own businesses.
He said: “One of my goals when I launched InterEx, was to coach, mentor and train future entrepreneurs.
“That is something I am committed to doing in my career.
“I wasn’t academic so school offered me very little.
“There are thousands of children like me who just fall by the wayside because they don’t fit in – and that is a tragic waste.”
Jamie told students at Morley College that he could mentor them and give them financial backing if they apply to him.
The college in north Kensington, London is near Grenfell Tower – where 72 people died in a horrific June 2017 fire.
Fraser said: “Literally anything is possible. What stops anyone achieving anything is only down to ourselves and nothing else.
“I am here to give than opportunity to another young entrepreneur who has a great business idea.”
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