John Hitchcox is the founder and chairman of Yoo, a global real-estate and development company, and the world’s largest non-hotel residential brand. He's also one of those behind a £1bn regeneration of Olympia in London.

In this episode we talk about:

•How he's inspired by "things that I need and the things that I want"

•His Plans for Olympia 

•Why he created the enormous Lakes estate in the Cotswolds 

•What happened when their bank went bust during the financial crisis 

•How to survive a recession 

•The influence of his mother who wanted to be a musician, and why he feels he's "conducting an orchestra of business"

•His nights at the karaoke with Simon le Bon 

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