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73. Grant Ashton — CEO and founder of 67 Pall Mall

Grant Ashton is CEO and founder of 67 Pall Mall, which claims to be the world's first private members' club for wine lovers. Previously a city trader for 30 years, Ashton opened the club after he managed to collect too much wine. He raised £8 million ($10.2 million) from 87 investors to finance the project, which is aimed at making some of the world's rarest wines more affordable. Now, the club has the most wines by the glass in the world, 26,000 bottles in a Fort Knox-style cellar, and 2,750 members.

Read more: How a City trader raised £8 million to open the world's first private members' wine club with 26,000 bottles in a Fort Knox-style cellar

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