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Vijay Eswaran: From Taxi Driver to Billionaire
Vijay Eswaran: From Taxi Driver to Billionaire
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Length:
56 minutes
Released:
Jul 4, 2018
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Vijay Eswaran is the Executive Chairman of the QI Group of Companies. Born in Penang, Malaysia, in 1960, to hardworking parents, Vijay had a childhood filled with moves around his native country.
His education brought him to the UK, and in 1984, Eswaran graduated from the London School of Economics with a degree in Socioeconomics. In 1998, Eswaran returned to Malaysia after several years of work that stretched globally, and he co-founded the multilevel marketing company that has grown into what we now know as the QI Group.
The QI Group of Companies describe themselves as a diversified multinational entity catering to varied businesses that include education, hospitality, direct selling, financial services, and retail.
Vijay would be forgiven for stopping once achieving this conglomerate, however, he has also gone on to establish the RYTHM Foundation and the Vijayaratnam Foundation (named after his father), and has written several books.
We chat about:
Why getting a degree today is no longer completely necessary
Losing his scholarship and being sent to the UK by his father
Working as a cab driver while studying in order to pay his student fees under the Thatcher regime
Taking a year off in order to hitchhike around Europe
Going through 33 days of silence in an Italian monastery
Building the QI Group
Giving back and living in the now
Links:
QI Group of Companies
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His education brought him to the UK, and in 1984, Eswaran graduated from the London School of Economics with a degree in Socioeconomics. In 1998, Eswaran returned to Malaysia after several years of work that stretched globally, and he co-founded the multilevel marketing company that has grown into what we now know as the QI Group.
The QI Group of Companies describe themselves as a diversified multinational entity catering to varied businesses that include education, hospitality, direct selling, financial services, and retail.
Vijay would be forgiven for stopping once achieving this conglomerate, however, he has also gone on to establish the RYTHM Foundation and the Vijayaratnam Foundation (named after his father), and has written several books.
We chat about:
Why getting a degree today is no longer completely necessary
Losing his scholarship and being sent to the UK by his father
Working as a cab driver while studying in order to pay his student fees under the Thatcher regime
Taking a year off in order to hitchhike around Europe
Going through 33 days of silence in an Italian monastery
Building the QI Group
Giving back and living in the now
Links:
QI Group of Companies
Want to receive our podcast on a weekly basis? Subscribe to our newsletter!
Released:
Jul 4, 2018
Format:
Podcast episode
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