从无家可归到年入千万英国老兵靠马克杯翻身

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英国一前英国皇家海军军人在退伍后穷困潦倒，一度靠政府津贴度日。如今他却成了一个开法拉利和坐拥豪宅的富翁，而这一切的转变竟是因为不起眼的马克杯。

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He served his country in the war–and then, like many other veterans, found life after the military difficult, becoming homeless and penniless. But just seven years after reaching rock bottom, Paul Rowlett now drives a Ferrari, has a £1 million home and enjoys holidays on Sir Richard Branson’s private Caribbean island of Necker. Remarkably, his transformation is all down to the Queen–or rather 500 porcelain mugs that marked her Diamond Jubilee.
Mr Rowlett left the Navy in 2004 and, after a series of jobs, hit the bottom in 2011 when his house was lost, forcing him to live with friends and to survive on benefits of just £75 a week. He said, “The Navy was good to me and taught me about myself but when I left, I had to work for myself–it was the only option.”
He told he wanted to be like Branson and create his own business empire from his base in Leicester. Using a cheap laptop he got free with a new phone, Mr Rowlett launched his own online business selling mugs and key rings for companies to spread their brand.
Working from friends’ homes for 20 hours a day, he struggled to find success. Then his life changed in 2012 when Leicester City Council asked him to supply mugs for the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee visit to the city. The businessman was so delighted to have been given the opportunity that he decided to give away thousands of pounds’ worth of commemorative items, including 500 mugs.
Won over by his generosity, the council rewarded Mr Rowlett by making him the city’s preferred supplier for the Queen’s Jubilee products–and this led to a trickle of clients becoming a flood. Once a one-man band, his Leicester-based company, everythingbranded.co.uk, now employs 120 people and makes £17 million a year.