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Originally Posted by Pyramid*

However. Jay stated that he really could not read or write well. (let's say that was due to dyslexia). he also said he hated school.

What does that have to do with anything?

Originally Posted by Pyramid*

Jay is 27. They established the company in 2000, 11 years ago when Jay was 15/16 (depending on the month of business start up/his birthday). I'd say it was a higher probability that that was the reason he started work at aged 15.

Since then, since 2000, they have their intial company, and now have a group of companies, and have expanded.

I've already looked at that site when the link was first posted. You're leaving out some parts. Sue didn't join the company until 2003, and there are 3 owners, not just her and her husband. It also does not say anywhere that Jay has any involvement in this business, so it doesn't really mean anything when it comes to him, this is his mum's livelihood, not his.

Unless you've got some real financial reports to go on, you can't really know how well the company is actually doing. On their own site they're bound to blow their own trumpet, all companies do. If it is going well, one reason may actually be that they concern themselves more with investing in it than they do withdrawing large piles of money from it.

But all that aside, I think anyone who grew up very modestly would claim they had a humble background. We barely had food on the table sometimes when I was a kid (raised by a single mum), and although my mum re-married when I was 13 and could live quite well from then on (compared to what had been before), I'd still say I come from a humble background. It shapes you as a person.