Botty's Rules

Self-made multi-millionaire Nigel Botterill is the founder and Chief Executive of N5, which includes some of the fastest growing brands in the UK, including award-winning thebestof and My Mag. Nigel left school at 16 and joined Barclays as a spotty office junior in his school uniform. For the next 18 years he worked his way up, eventually becoming Communications Director of Barclays UK. In 2000 he left to become Marketing Director of Singlepoint but quit soon after. He was then snapped up as Managing Director of Card Protection Plan before leaving in 2002 to set up his own consultancy company N5 Ltd. Nigel also runs the Entrepreneurs' Circle and advises hundreds of businesses every month. He lives in Solihull with his wife and four children.