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JASON NICK
DRUMMOND THAKE
ne of this country's most distinguished opportunities, new things developing,' is the way
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ccasionally in a life of huge eight months of the year out of the country
young businessmen is Jason in which he modestly attributes his phenomenal
Drummond, respected throughout the success. Today, Jason is Executive Chairman of
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achievement there’s a moment enjoying his love of Spain and also attending
of revelation which, in Nick the motor events and rallies he adores.
telecommunications and technology industries Media Corporation plc, an online publishing and
Thake’s case, was the result of a back injury To be able to make this choice is the result
as a figure with an uncanny ability to spot media agency which creates unique online
that threatened to keep him from ever of his decades of hard work. ‘What set me
embryonic trends as well as emerging markets. advertisements and runs very large websites
walking again. apart was the freehold ownership of property
With no time to waste Jason already ran his including
onthebox.com. He also owns
He’d been working literally seven days a – I actually own 25 of my 28 bicycle shops
own computer games business at the tender age
gambling.com, an online gambling company.
week since leaving school at 16 to run his and I enjoy the property side.’ The business
of 15 and left school as soon as he could to 'get A further Drummond-owned company is
business importing, distributing and retailing which had been built from selling on market
out there and do my own thing.' His first company Coms plc (www.coms.com) a professional
was a mobile phone business in the very earliest version of Skype for businesses which was listed
bicycles: and even at that tender age he’d stalls, then grown to shops, to wholesale and
days of that market and he built it successfully, on the Stock Exchange last year, and his other
already been making money selling bikes for manufacture, (now through a joint venture
proving equally shrewd in spotting the time to business is Networks plc, a quoted investment
two years. Building the business - thinking, based in Turkey) was, he says, is successful
sell, just before the big crash of the 1980s and fund company which among many other things
breathing and living it had been Nick’s entire because ‘The most important thing is to
recession in the UK. supplies SIM cards for travel: if you book through
life: ‘Even when I went on holiday I couldn’t choose your direction and stick
This prompted Jason to follow his interests in Expedia you will automatically be issued with one
relax’ and it wasn’t till he was lying in the to it. Don’t diversify and that’s the way to
emerging markets abroad and he spent some of these cards.
London clinic that he told his partner of make money. Perseverance and
time in both Russia and South Africa, building Jason regards the reward for all this endeavour
26 years, Debbie – ‘Right, now I’m going to determination are the route to success,
triumphant businesses in telecommunications as 'Money gives you choices quite simply. I love
buy that villa in Spain, drive the cars I want to and now I’m fully enjoying the consequences:
and technology until, in the mid 90s, he decided travelling with my girlfriend and my three children.
drive and take time off.’ my younger children are seeing far more
to return to this country. The internet business he I have a house and three boats in France, and a Though he’d said this many times, of me than the older ones did and we can just
then created here 'went from zero to 400 love of cars and car events - as much for the she didn’t believe the workaholic Nick jump on a plane to Spain as soon as it’s the
employees in under five years, and was first listed social side as anything. In business, the most capable of change to this extent, but it was school holidays.’
on the Stock Exchange in 1987.' Jason important thing is, do it for yourself. Don't let exactly what he did and now spends about
Drummond was still not yet thirty. anyone else be in charge of your destiny and the
'I suppose I have a talent for spotting key quality you need is tenacity.'
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