1. Background
•Born on September 24th
1959
•Has five children and
married to Debbie Paphitis
•He was born in Limassol,
Cyprus and moved to
England when he was nine
•Attended Ambler primary
school in Islington, and
Woodberry Down
comprehensive school.
•Ran a tuck shop in school at
the age of 15
What Theo’s done...
•Theo started off as a tea boy at a City of London insurance
broker. He wished for more money, and found a passion for
sales working as a sales assistant for Watches of Switzerland
in Bond Street.
•Theo sold mortgages for Legal & General at age 21. This
taught him the skill of balances sheets and how to interpret
them.
•When Theo was 23 he started up a property finance company
as a partnership which made him extremely wealthy and
successful.
•Theo bought into NAG Telecom when realising and observing
the rise in phone technology.
•When Ryman’s stores became bankrupt, Theo bought the
company and restored it dramatically and successfully.
Theo in recent years.
•Theo co-owns ‘Red Letter
Days’ with Peter Jones.
•In 2011 he set up a new
lingerie chain; ‘Boux Avenue’
•Theo has made many TV
entries, such as being a dragon
on the programme ‘Dragons
Den’. He was approached to
join the programme in 2005,
and left the programme in 2012.
He also had a three part TV
series on BBC2 called ‘Theo’s
Adventure Capitalists’. He also
presented the series called
‘Britain's next big thing.’