Synopsis
Dragons' Den star Peter Jones meets two of the country's most successful entrepreneurs, Richard Reed and Michelle Mone, to get into the DNA of what made them millionaires.
- Programme: Peter Jones Meets...
- Episode: 0: Peter Jones: How We Made Our Millions
- Channel: BBC Two
- Broadcast year: 2011
- Business & Management
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