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Jasmine Norden

Leeds man's journey from "terrified little boy" on council estate to huge success

A Leeds man has charted his journey from a "poverty-stricken council estate" in the city to working for some of the biggest companies in the world.

Jonathan Mildenhall, 55, has been head of marketing at AirBnB, vice president of advertising at Coca Cola, and now owns his own marketing firm. But he first started out on an estate in north Leeds.

Jonathan details his childhood in Leeds in his new book, A Colourful View From The Top. He writes how he was the only Black person in his family of five children, after his mum had him with his Nigerian father.

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