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Niraj Shah shares how a stroke at 30 transformed his view on wealth and led him to build five businesses.

Send us Fan Mail Niraj was 30, healthy and getting ready for work when a stroke put him on the bathroom floor and eventually into the stroke unit at St Mary's Hospital in London. Fifteen years on, he has built five businesses across property, meditation, sports tech and now M&A, all while carrying two convictions the health scare gave him: that a useful thought beats a true one, and that energy is a strategy in its own right. His latest venture, DKZ Equity, is out to fix what he see...

People in this episode

Host: Alan Smith

Guest: Niraj Shah

Topics covered

• health scare
• entrepreneurship
• business building
• wealth definition
• M&A
• sports tech
• meditation

Keywords

• stroke
• wealth
• entrepreneur
• business
• M&A
• sports tech
• meditation

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: St Mary's Hospital, DKZ Equity

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