Gerald Ratner tells ME & MY MONEY how he rebuilt his finances

The best financial decision businessman Gerald Ratner ever made was to start giving after-dinner speeches for a living.  Ratner famously lost everything in 1991 when, as chief executive of jewellery chain Ratners, he joked that some of its products were ‘total crap’. The 71-year old told DONNA FERGUSON he now earns a lucrative living giving … Read more

Gerald Ratner tells ME & MY MONEY how he rebuilt his finances

The best financial decision businessman Gerald Ratner ever made was to start giving after-dinner speeches for a living.  Ratner famously lost everything in 1991 when, as chief executive of jewellery chain Ratners, he joked that some of its products were ‘total crap’. The 71-year old told DONNA FERGUSON he now earns a lucrative living giving … Read more