About

Benedict Fowler was born in Oxfordshire, UK in 1999 to his mother Teresa and Father Kevin. At the age of 4 years old, Ben’s father Kevin started a Natural Paving and Concrete Stone company, Pavestone UK Limited after years of working in concrete products sales and manufacturing. Kevin’s dream was to reach 1 million in sales at some point in his life which he achieved in year one. As Ben grew up and began to take interest in the business, his dad’s hard work, stress and tears inspired him to make his own way in business.

While growing up, most summer holidays were spent at Linear Fisheries, where his dad and the rest of his family would bring supplies down to his tent so he could keep fishing! Any other time was spent learning how to drive a forklift in the yard.

Ben undertook GCSEs at a non-private community college. He enjoyed school and socialising with his friends, but as a more hands-on student who enjoyed projects and coursework, he wasn’t so keen on sitting behind a desk or revising. He was also a classic ‘lastminute.com’ student. So, when it came to his final exams, he only gained 5 C grade GCSEs in IT, Business, English and Math and Science which were the subjects he enjoyed.

When Ben turned 16 and got himself a summer job at the family concrete products factory. He enjoyed learning and earning himself money, but his thoughts often turned to his future.

He started his first business in his spare time – tackletart.com, an online fishing tackle raffle company, long before the likes of the competition companies existed. This was sold to another company in the angling industry that later went bust but was one hell of an experience.

As Ben was a more hands-on learner, he decided an apprentice in business and people management was the right way to go rather than university. He has never been massive on going out for huge parties anyway and much prefers a good night down the pub.