Richard Koch

Richard Kochis an entrepreneur who has made over $300 million from starting businesses and investing in early stage venture capital. His businesses have included Filofax, Plymouth Gin, Belgo Restaurants, Betfair, FanDuel, and Auto1. Formerly he was a consultant with the Boston Consulting Group and a partner of Bain & Company before cofounding LEK consulting. He is author of many books on business and ideas, includingThe 80/20 Principle, which has sold over a million copies and been translated into 35 languages, and his newest titleSimplify: How the Best Businesses in the World Succeed. Richard wrote the foreword to the Entrepreneur Press bestseller,80/20 Sales and Marketingby Perry Marshall.