Steve Bolton (entrepreneur)

Steve Bolton (born 18 December 1967) is a British property investor,[1] entrepreneur, inspirational speaker and author.[2][3][4][5]

Life

By the age of 8, Bolton was following stocks and shares and by 11 he was gambling pocket money on horses.[2][4] Bolton attended Winton Boys School in Bournemouth and left aged 16 with no qualifications.[2][4][6][7][8] Due to a love of the outdoors, Bolton studied for an apprenticeship working in outdoor pursuits.[2][3][6][9]

Career

Bolton started a company Ropes Course Developments[10] that built high and low adventure ropes courses for Center Parcs,[3] First Choice Holidays and the Royal Air Force in Europe, as well as 12 other countries.[6][9][11][12] In 2000, Bolton set up Head 4 Heights providing management consultancy and development training, servicing a number of well-known blue chip and other high-profile clients including the British Lions, Microsoft and KPMG.[6][9][11] Following the 2001 outbreak of foot and mouth disease in Britain and the economic fallout that followed the 9/11 attacks, Bolton's businesses were practically wiped out, and he was forced to sell his own home to avoid bankruptcy.[2][3][9] He credits that period as being "the best worst experience of my life" as it taught him the power of owning underlying assets.[2][6][13]

Property Investment

Having developed a multimillion-pound property portfolio, he followed his accountant's advice to develop a franchise which would enable him to allow others to build their own profitable portfolios.[6][14][15]

Bolton founded Platinum Property Partners in 2007, with the goal of enabling its franchisees to quickly, safely and successfully build UK residential property portfolios. Bolton also has a lead interest in property projects worth over £50 million.[12][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27]

Author and Public Speaker

Bolton is the author of "Successful Property Investing: How to earn £50,000 to £150,000 in two to five years" published in 2012.[2][11][22][26][28][28][29] Prior to this, with Nick Carlile, he co-authored "The 7 Biggest Mistakes Made by Property Investors and How to Avoid Them". Bolton is a frequent keynote speaker on entrepreneurship, property investing and life balance, he is also a regular expert panellist at many national property investing and business start up exhibitions held across the UK. He has featured on 'Property Pensions', 'Head to Head' and 'Property Kings' on Sky Overseas Property Channel.[5][30]

Charity

Bolton is President of the Patrons programme for Peace One Day[11][22] and supports many good causes through Platinum Property Partners.[31] The charity is dedicated to achieving global ceasefire and non-violence for one day every year on 21 September and is ratified by the United Nations.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Pavel. "Caroline Marsh – No longer a secret millionaire". Krystal Mag. 2012 Krystal Mag. Retrieved 25 April 2013.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Bolton, Steve (2012). Successful property investing: How to earn £50,000 to £150,000 in two to five years. Great Britain: Platinum Property Partners Press. ISBN 978-0-9563646-1-6.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Steve Bolton – Property Investor, entrepreneur and successful businessman". performing artistes. F4 Group Ltd. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
  4. 1 2 3 "Steve Bolton: books, biography, blogs, audiobooks, kindle". Amazon. Amazon.com, Inc. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
  5. 1 2 "Triumphant Events > unleash your power of influence – November". Triumphant Events. Triumphant Events. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Platinum Property Partners. "About Platinum Property Partners". Platinum Property Partners. Platinum Partners. Retrieved 28 February 2013.
  7. ↑ "Steve Bolton | LinkedIn". Steve Bolton | LinkedIn. LinkedIn Corporation 2013. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
  8. ↑ "Steve Bolton interviewed by Elite Business Magazine". Steve Bolton interviewed by Elite Business Magazine. Copyright 2013 Platinum Partners. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
  9. 1 2 3 4 Amazon. "Amazon.co.uk: Steve Bolton, books, biogs, audiobooks, discussions". Amazon. Amazon. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
  10. ↑ Mobile Team Challenge. "The MTC Story". Mobile Team Challenge. Mobile Team Challenge Ltd. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
  11. 1 2 3 4 "Steve Bolton Peace One Day". Steve Bolton. 2013 Zoom Information. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
  12. 1 2 Entertainment Agency UK. "Steve Bolton-Property Expert / Lifestyle Speaker, Media and Political Speaker, presenter, Af". The Edge-UK. The Edge Entertainment Agency. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
  13. ↑ "Don't envy the millionaire experts, give me just three short days and you'll be ready to become one of them". Expert Success Formula. Expert Success Formula. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
  14. ↑ Russell, Josh. "Breaching the Canopy". Elite Business Magazine. CE Media. Retrieved 28 February 2013.
  15. ↑ "Director". Nick Carlisle, Richard Davies and Steve Bolton | Platinum Property Partners. 2013 Director Publications. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
  16. ↑ "Bournemouth's Platinum Property Partners in Marketing Hires – News for Dorset – Local News, Bus". Seeker News. 2013 news for seeker news. Retrieved 24 April 2013.
  17. ↑ PR Log. "Property guru Steve Bolton to speak at the 2011 franchise show in London". PR Log press release distribution. PR Log. Retrieved 24 April 2013.
  18. ↑ Executives on the Web. "Business Owner / Franchise Partner Franchise in UK". Executives on the Web. ExecutivesOnTheWeb.com 2000–2013. Retrieved 24 April 2013.
  19. ↑ "Platinum Property Partners, Franchisor, Franchising Opportunities – Making Money Magazine". Making Money Magazine. Aceville Publications Ltd. Retrieved 24 April 2013.
  20. ↑ "Business Franchise: New Lease of Life – New Lease of Life". Business Franchise. Business Franchise Magazine. Retrieved 24 April 2013.
  21. ↑ Macall, Fiona. "Interview with Steve Bolton, Multi-millionaire specialising in below market value properties". Article Dashboard. 2005 -2011 Article Dashboard. Retrieved 24 April 2013.
  22. 1 2 3 "About Platinum Property Partners". Platinumpropertypartners. Platinum Partners 2013. Retrieved 24 April 2013.
  23. ↑ "Modern Day Property Guru Steve Bolton to speak at the Franchise Show in February 2011". Business Franchises. Business Franchises. Retrieved 24 April 2013.
  24. ↑ "Franchise Info". Franchise Info. Franchise Info. Retrieved 24 April 2013.
  25. ↑ "Steve Bolton, Platinum Property Partners – Platinum Property Partners". Start Up TV. The Entrepreneurs Academy. Retrieved 24 April 2013.
  26. 1 2 "Steve Bolton – The National Accountancy Exhibition and Conference". Accountex. Prysm BSU Limited. Retrieved 24 April 2013.
  27. ↑ Performing Artistes. "Steve Bolton – Entrepreneur and successful businessman". Performing Artistes. F4 Group Ltd. Retrieved 28 February 2013.
  28. 1 2 "Platinum Property Partners exhibiting at The Franchise Shoq". The Franchise Show. The Franchise Show. Retrieved 24 April 2013.
  29. ↑ "Steve Bolton, Nick Carlile Books, Author Steve Bolton, Nick Carlile on Lovereading.co.uk". Lovereading.co.uk. Love Reading. Retrieved 24 April 2013.
  30. ↑ Marsh, Caroline. "Steve Bolton – Caroline Marsh Success Secrets". Caroline Marsh Success Secrets of a Millionaire Property Investor. Caroline Marsh. Retrieved 28 February 2013.
  31. ↑ Business Startup. "Steve Bolton The Business Startup Show". Business Startup. The Prysm Group. Retrieved 28 February 2013.

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