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Entrepreneur / Chairman of Maris Interiors
Michael Howard is a highly successful, yet exceptionally private, British entrepreneur who runs a multi-million-pound company specializing in the design and fit-out of offices and educational spaces across the UK. He is renowned for his no-nonsense, metrics-driven approach to business, which he attributes to a childhood of poverty, having grown up in a broken home and been briefly homeless at 17. Howard's deep-seated motivation is "away from pain," or a desire to avoid being broke, rather than a pursuit of luxury. He is a proponent of fierce resilience, continuous self-education, and a strong company culture built on good character.
From homelessness at 17 to running a 250-strong empire, Michael Howard deconstructs the "glamour" of entrepreneurship. He reveals why business is strictly a numbers game and how "away-from-pain" motivation built his multi-million-pound firm. If you're struggling to scale, hire, or survive the press…