Name: Paul Stephenson 

Age: 58 

Company: Naim Audio. We’re a British manufacturer of high-end, uber-stylish hi-fi products.

Turnover: £15.8m

First job: Paperboy 

Dream job: Musician 

Car: Porsche 

Economy, business or first class: Economy and business class.

Most extravagant purchase: My wife! 

Most played song on iPod: Anything by The Blue Nile

Best business book: Siddartha by Hermann Hesse

Worst business moment: Losing some business friends too early. 

Proudest business moment: Taking over as MD at Naim. 

Business mentor: Christopher Bayliss, former chairman of a TEC Chief Executives Group in Wessex.

Next big thing: Wireless hi-fi systems

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