The boring University of Manchester graduate who has become Britain s youngest self-made billionaire
Johnny Boufarhat, 26, launched his wildly successful video-conferencing app just as the UK was plunged into lockdown last March
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A 26-year-old has become Britain s youngest self-made billionaire after launching his business at the start of the Covid pandemic.
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Dominic Cummings has accused Boris Johnson of a secret Covid policy of herd immunity that would have led to “catastrophe”. The controversial former Downing Street aide said the “shocking truth” was that herd immunity was the government’s plan until less than a fortnight before the first lockdown. He claims it was abandoned only when No 10 was warned that it would lead to “hundreds of thousands choking to death” on hospital wards.
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It’s raining billionaires in the UK
New online opportunities showed there were fresh worlds waiting to be conquered - iStock×
The pandemic has turned out to be a boom year for the super-rich. The UK has 24 more billionaires than a year ago
It may seem like a terrible injustice but even under the long shadow of the pandemic, the rich have been getting richer just when most of the world has been getting poorer. Proof of that biblical adage is on display yet again in the latest Sunday Times’ Rich List of the UK’s wealthiest people. Sure enough, airline owners, star travel agents, restaurateurs and mall-owners suffered as customers were forced to stay home-bound. But new online opportunities emerged and showed there were fresh worlds waiting to be conquered.
Businessman becomes Britain s youngest billionaire after launching app in lockdown
Johnny Boufarhat, 26, set up video conferencing platform Hopin last March
Johnny Boufarhat is Britain s youngest billionaire at just 26 (Image: Hopin / YouTube)
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A 26-year-old businessman who launched an app during the coronavirus pandemic has become Britain s youngest self-made billionaire.