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 For more news, interviews and analysis, go to standard.co.uk/business or pick up the Evening Standard newspaper.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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