How this former Lehman Brothers banker turned the tables and built a pandemic-proof business (via CNBCMakeIt)
CastleryBut when he graduated from University College London in 2006, he saw his peers applying for investment banks and decided to give it a try."I liked seeing how businesses worked on a global scale. So that was very interesting."
... it's about building a good foundation and a strong business that gives value to your target customers.The 39-year-old Singaporean did leave investment banking eventually in 2016, to build his furniture start-up, Castlery. That's when they had the idea of selling affordable, designer furniture to "urban millennials" between 25 to 45 years old.
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