I left home at 16. My grandparents knew a trainer, and I was, I I loved sports as a kid, and but I was the smallest smallest guy in the school, and everyone would guess, from about 13 onwards, 14 was saying, you should be your jockey. So I actually had the contact, and he said, yeah. Yeah. I mean, 16, tell him to pack his bags and come and work for me.
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So I promise to get you to share something in the beginning that no one knows or at least many. And you said and, Riz, I actually used to be a resource jockey. Tell me about that.
Yeah. I, you know, I left home at 16. My grandparents knew a trainer, and I was, I I loved sports as a kid, and but I was the smallest smallest guy in the school, and everyone would guess, from about 13 onwards, 14 was saying, you should be your jockey. So I actually had the contact, and he said, yeah. Yeah. I mean, 16, tell him to pack his bags and come and work for me, and that's how it started. And I rode for about four years in The UK, and then the last year in The US
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Unexpected founder origin story - from jockey to tech CEO. The 'smallest guy in school' detail and leaving home at 16 creates a compelling underdog narrative. Unique background that differentiates from typical tech founder stories.
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