Career
Richer's business career started at the age of 14 while he was still at school at Clifton College, Bristol, and he opened his first shop in London Bridge aged 19. This store holds the Guinness record for the highest sales per square foot of any retail outlet in the world and the company has now grown to over 50 stores across the UK.
In January 2011 Richer Sounds plc received a Royal Warrant by HRH The Prince of Wales as a supplier of Consumer Electronic Products. The company also received the Which? Best Retailer award in May 2010 and the Which? Best High Street Retailer award in May 2011.
He is also a 51% shareholder of Audio Partnership, an electronics company designing, commissioning and distributing electronics to over 50 countries.
Richer developed his activities as a motivational adviser, and in the past advised some of the country’s largest organisations at chief executive level on staff motivation, customer service, cultural change, communications and suggestion schemes, although now he has stepped back from this role. His book, The Richer Way, is now in its fifth edition and was the best selling business book at WH Smith's when it was published in November 1995. He published his second book, Richer on Leadership, in January 1999.
Although not keen on public speaking, he was made the youngest ever Business Communicator of the Year for 1995. He was also awarded Honorary Doctorates in Business Administration from Kingston University in January 2002 and from Bournemouth University in 2003.
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