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Gerald Ratner is famed for his roles as the Chairman and CEO of the Ratner Group. First joining the family business back in 1965, Gerald worked in sales and marketing, learning all he needed to know about the jewellery trade and how to achieve business growth and success. When he was aged 34, Gerald took the helm of the company as CEO and within the space of six years Gerald was able to grow the business- boasting an impressive 2000 stores, annual sales of £1.5 billion and 25,000 members of staff. Despite the immense success that Gerald found with the company, this all came to an end after he gave a speech at the Institute of Directors annual conference.

At the Institute of Directors annual conference, Gerald gave a controversial speech in which he slated the quality of the products that his company sold- titling his products ‘total crap’. Initially intended to be humorous, Gerald’s words had a devastating impact on the Ratner Group, resulting …