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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
National
Saffron Otter & Zahna Eklund

'I spent years washing cars to make cash - now I own a £20m business empire'

Many of us have dreams of being our own boss and starting our own businesses, and one woman has been able to make her dreams a reality with the help of a complete lifestyle overhaul.

Sam White, 46, spent her teenage years washing cars in order to make ends meet, as she grew up in a "dysfunctional" home and knew from a young age she "needed to be independent".

Speaking to the Manchester Evening News, she said: “Because my childhood was so unstable, I always wanted and needed to be independent and I didn’t feel like working for someone else gave me that, my future would still rely on someone else.

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