Barry Hearn: “I’m the best in the world at what I do”
Barry Hearn: “I’m the best in the world at what I do”
Barry Hearn is one of the biggest names in sports promotion as founder and Chairman of Matchroom Sports. Beginning his career with the purchase of a snooker club in Romford, Essex and going on to make snooker one of the most watched sports on television.
In the late 1980’s Barry moved into Boxing and went on to promote numerous top fighters. Barry’s son Eddie now manages the boxing business and the organisation is continually breaking new records with fights featuring the likes of Anthony Joshua and Tony Bellew.
Known for revolutionising sports, Barry also turned darts from a pub game into a sport, selling out arenas all over the country. He has turned his hand to pool, ten pin bowling, golf, table tennis, poker - and even created the televised fishing tournament Fish O Mania. Barry’s foray into football saw him Chair Leyton Orient Football Club.
Barry tells Sandro about the importance to him of passion in what he does, assessing the upside and downside of each goal and talks through some of the moments that have given him memories he’ll never forget. Barry’s immense energy really comes through, as does his work ethic and his philosophies for life. A memorable interview with a sporting legend.
You can find out more about Barry at www.matchroomsport.com and on twitter @barryhearn
Sandro Forte is a highly respected and successful businessman who has built an astonishing network of well-known individuals, sports stars and celebrities over a career spanning more than 30 years.
Author of the bestselling book ‘Dare to Be Different’ and a sought-after speaker, Sandro has decided to access his enviable resources to produce a podcast series, centred around personal development, which invites a different person each episode to talk about their successes, their challenges and what lessons they have learned in life to make them who they are today. Their insights and wisdom both educate and motivate as they explain how success, whilst not always easy, is achievable for anyone.
These interviews provide inspiring and informative insight from the perspective of an impressive and varied range of personalities.
Subscribe, provide feedback, share what you want to hear more of in future episodes and ask any questions via email at [email protected]
www.sandrospodcast.com
[email protected]
Blog: www.tumblr.com/sandrospodcast
Twitter: @sandrospodcast
Facebook: /sandrospodcast
LEARN 3 KEY FACTORS THAT WILL ELEVATE YOUR BUSINESS TO THE NEXT LEVEL.
