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I’m a billionaire with 8 kids. Here’s how I avoid spoiling them — and my most important parenting rule

Finance March 21, 2026

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with John Caudwell, the British billionaire founder of mobile phone businesses Phones 4u and Singlepoint, both of which he sold. Caudwell is raising three children with his partner, former Olympian Modesta Vžesniauskaitė, and now focuses on his childrens’ charities and real estate…

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