Empowering the young
Sir Terence Matthews, who has started more than 100 companies in his career, is helping the next generation build businesses and a future.
WHEN Terry Matthews sits down in the exalted company of people who own famous golf courses, he has a line that can't be beaten. He says: "I bet your golf course never had a fighter plane parked on the 17th fairway?"
Needless to say that captures attention. More on that incident later.
The founder and chairman of Wesley Clover International doesn't play golf since he feels it "takes too much time". But he understands the importance of the game. "One of the things I found is that the intersection between senior people in business and golf is almost a 100 per cent . . . I always think if you wish to make a region economically successful, then first build a golf course and then a good hotel."
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