Barry Hearn - Early Life

Early Life

Born in 1948 on a council estate in Dagenham, Greater London, and educated at Buckhurst Hill County High School. He worked and then ran a series of small businesses as a teenager, from washing cars to picking fruit and vegetables.

After qualifying as an accountant, Hearn took over the role of finance director to a design company based in Kensal Green, called Deryck Healey Associates (circa 1973). He formed a new company, Kensal House Investments, and DHA became Deryck Healey International (DHI).

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