Opened his first business while in school, selling “conkers” (chestnuts), an old children’s game in Britain, from a tree in his backyard.
Dropped out of school at age 16 and started working in his Dad’s junk yard.
Didn’t get paid enough so left without knowing what he was going to do next.
Bought £15 worth of toys from a wholesaler, gave his last £5 to get into the local car boot sale (flea market) and sold the toys for £30.
Returned the each week, doubling his money, until he had enough to open a stall in the local street market, which he called Peter the Toy Boy.
Read a fitness manual and realized he could write a better one and sell it, so he did, naming his new book The Supreme Physique.
Starting a mail order business selling fitness books and adding other products such as protein from manufacturers until he was making £500 a week at the age of 18.
In 1994, opened a Casting Agency where he revolutionized the industry by using the then brand new Windows 95 operating system to build a database of 22,000 paying members.
Sold the Casting Agency at age 24 for way too little and went into various other businesses.
Peter is currently putting together a program to help CEOs who are burnt out, borderline depressed and emotionally unavailable for their spouses and relatives.