Open For Business | Podcast & Audio

In this episode, we are talking to Richard Bell, managing director and lead investor at Business Leaderz Group. BLG was founded by Rich and is a boutique investment and advisory firm that specializes in heling companies grow, strategise and drive performance.   Rich has had a decorated business career after leaving school at the young age of 16yrs.   He has built, invested and consulted with hundreds of businesses from start ups to $50m dollar companies across 8 different countries.    Some highlights include investing into NZ based business unfiltered, which he drove the business successfully as chairman leading it into the US market, with a successful exit for Rich personally.   At the aged of 25yrs he grew The Entourage into an eight-figure business with eight executives reporting into him and today he is still sits as the 3rd biggest shareholder of the company.   In 2015 Rich was listed in the top 3 emerging business leaders by Fairfax Media and AFR newspaper, which lead him to launching BLG ba