After a successful career as a rower, Steve Rowbotham was dropped from Team GB just weeks before the 2004 Olympics, and he picked himself up. He knew he could win a medal, recommitted himself and worked his way back onto the team – winning bronze in 2008 in Beijing.
Now Rowbotham is a successful entrepreneur, a CCO and founder of Navigator. But it took time to come to him. Here is a story of an ex-Olympian who had lost and found himself on a journey from a sportsperson to an entrepreneur.
About Steve Rowbotham and his journey:
Steve is the CCO and founder of Navigator. He has been a professional rower for 11 years and competed in 2 Olympic games.
He won the bronze at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
After retiring from athletics, Steve embarked upon a business career. In 2014, Simon Leslie, co-founder of Ink Global, the world leader in travel media, offered Steve the opportunity to bring to Ink what he had learned about success in athletics.
Steve has played a crucial role in helping double the company’s turnover over the last few years.
Rowbotham was educated at Clifton College and Durham University, where he switched from tennis to rowing.
He graduated from Durham in 2003 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Business Economics.