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The sliding doors moment that led typist Cathie Reid to build a $550m fortune

The sliding doors moment that led typist Cathie Reid to build a $550m fortune

Update: 2023-12-03
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In this week's episode How I Made It podcast, Icon Group founder Cathie Reid chats to Julie-anne Sprague about wanting to be a typist. Instead she became a pharmacist before spotting a gap in the market and becoming an entrepreneur alongside husband Stuart Giles.


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The sliding doors moment that led typist Cathie Reid to build a $550m fortune

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