Sir Nigel Wilson, chairman of Canary Wharf Group, began life on a council estate in northeast England and rose to become one of the U.K.’s most prominent CEOs.
“I was very lucky because I grew up on a modern council estate where modern schools had been built, and so we had young teachers who were totally enthusiastic and enjoyed the intellectual curiosity I had,” Wilson told CNBC’s Steve Sedgwick on the “Executive Decisions” podcast.
His life took a dramatic turn when he earned a scholarship to MIT.
“My dad went over to the pub with me and said, ‘I just want to tell you all my son got into the Massachusetts Institute of Technology,’ and the people in the pub went, ‘But there’s a tech at Darlington. Why is he not going to Darlington?’” Wilson recalled.
Listen to the full episode wherever you get your full podcast or at the link below.
#CNBC #CNBCPodcast #ExecutiveDecisions
-----
Subscribe: @cnbci
CNBC International Live: @cnbcinternationalive
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/cnbc-international/
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@cnbci
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cnbcinternational
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cnbcinternational/
Threads: https://www.threads.net/@cnbcinternational
X: https://twitter.com/CNBCi
Telegram: https://t.me/cnbci
WhatsApp: https://bit.ly/CNBCiWhatsApp