Now based in London and Monte Carlo, this Australian-born investor studied economics and mathematics before managing a derivatives desk, a proprietary trading desk, and a hedge fund in the 1980s and early 90s.

His focus at that time was on predicting big picture trends and the effects on the currency and interest rate markets. In the mid-1990’s he semi-retired and has since operated as a “business angel” backing some very exciting early-stage companies, mostly in the United Kingdom. Many of the more than 50 unquoted companies have successfully floated on the market or have been acquired. www.richard-farleigh.co.uk/

Born in 1965.  He studied journalism at Harlow College, beginning his career in local south London newspapers before being spotted by Kelvin McKenzie of The Sun and given his own showbiz column, Bizarre. 

Aged only 28 Rupert Murdoch made him Editor of News of The World in January 1994; he was headhunted two years later to edit The Mirror where he stayed until May 2004 when he was sacked following the decision to publish photos of British soldiers apparently abusing Iraqi prisoners of war.

He shot to fame in the US as Simon Cowell’s straight-talking Brit mate as a Judge on the top rated show America’s Got Talent and wowed American audiences to triumphantly win The Celebrity Apprentice.  Piers is also a Judge on the hit UK show, Britain’s Got Talent. 

2009 sees Piers with new series for ITV1 – Piers On… documentary travelogue programmes where he has VIP access-all-areas pass to some of the most glamorous locations in the world and new chat show, Piers Morgan’s Life Stories, an intimate and revealing interview, celebrating the life and career of leading stars from entertainment, business and politics.

His book, The Insider, private diaries of a scandalous decade, became an instant number one bestseller and sequel Don’t You Know Who I Am? Insider diaries of fame, power and naked ambition topped the bestselling list.  The next instalment, God Bless America is out now.  In addition, Piers writes a regular column for The Mail on Sunday on sports and his diaries appear in their supplement Live Magazine. 

For GQ magazine, Piers takes on celebrities in his regular monthly feature where he interviews some of the biggest names in entertainment, sports and politics.
 

Robert Holden, Ph.D., is the Director of The Happiness Project and Success Intelligence. His innovative work on happiness and success has been featured on Oprah and in two major BBC TV documentaries, The Happiness Formula  and How to Be Happy, shown to more than 30 million TV viewers worldwide. He is the author of the best-selling books Happiness NOW!, Shift Happens!, and Success Intelligence. His latest book Be Happy is published by Hay House.

Robert is a student of A Course in Miracles. And he lives in London and New York, with his wife and daughter. www.robertholden.org

An American author on personal development. He is best known as the co-inventor  Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP).
Bandler continues to lecture, consult and produce media on NLP. Post-1980 some of Bandler's work revolved around the NLP concept of submodalities, i.e. "the particular perceptual qualities that may be registered by each of the five primary sensory modalities" . He is also known for his mastery of chaining states and the use of nested loops. He also developed follow-up systems known as Design Human Engineering (DHE) and Neuro Hypnotic Repatterning (NHR).  He has authored many books such as Magic in Action, Using Your Brain for a Change, Time for a Change, and recently Get the Life you want and Guide to Trance-formations.

Richard Bandler is one of the greatest geniuses of personal change. He is the co-inventor of Neuro Linguistic Programming, and who taught Paul McKenna and catapuolted him to fame. Richard Bandler holds workshops and courses all over the world including US and UK. More information. www.nlplifetraining.com

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“Richard Bandler is a Leonardo of our times. He is one of our Living greats. The Guardian.