Long before the billion-dollar deals there were… buns and biscuits. The early bird might not always catch the worm but, in the case of a young Bernard Charles Ecclestone, the early riser had already done two paper rounds – and then, on the way to school, invested the proceeds in a mixed bag of fresh-from-the-oven comestibles from the local bakery to sell to fellow pupils for an incremental profit.
This enterprise set the tone for a life of visionary entrepreneurship.
