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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
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Lisa Letcher & Benedict Tetzlaff-Deas

'UK's youngest self-made billionaire' shares how food poisoning kickstarted his business

The UK's youngest self-made billionaire has opened up on how he made a life-changing fortune while working from his girlfriend's bed.

Tech boss Johnny Boufarhat founded online events platform Hopin aged 26 - a business that now worth a whopping £1.7billion.

Now 29, he is from humble beginnings, having been born in Australia after his parents fled the 1990s civil war in Lebanon.

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