Richard Harpin

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And you're another.

So it's a good place to learn in terms of your... I like consumer retail leisure businesses.

Right.

And they're out of fashion today.

There is very little private equity money backing those sorts of businesses.

But I think it's really important to do that.

And there are some real bargains out there.

And retail is really, really important.

So you said consumer, retail and leisure.

So how many companies have you backed now with Growth Partner?

Backed 15 with about 100 million of my own money.

This is all minority investing.

So it's their businesses and I'm showing them, but I'm never telling them.

So, you obviously made the decision to be a minority investor.

I mean, that was your journey with HomeServe, I guess, and it worked out very well.

You've got 15 of these, but you have no power ultimately to exit any of them, do you, I suppose?

So, you're just patient capital here.

You're taking a long view, is that it?

Yeah, those businesses will want to exit at some point.

We've only exited one business so far.

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