Why Moonpig s boss ditched Goldman Sachs for greetings cards
The son of Ugandan refugees, Nickyl Raithatha swapped banking for a more unusual path
Credit: Jeff Gilbert
Nickyl Raithatha’s rapid ascent to become the boss of a £1.6bn listed company at the age of 38 is largely down to two things: a book and a retirement party.
In his early twenties, the chief executive of online card seller Moonpig read
The 100-Year-Life, which advocates having several careers in your lifetime.
Around that time, he was also invited to a farewell reception for a partner at Goldman Sachs, Raithatha’s first employer after he studied economics at Cambridge University.