Sir Ronald Cohen
Top businessman Gerry Robinson meets Ronald Cohen, a man who revolutionised British business and who personifies the relationship between money and political power.
Businessman Gerry Robinson finds out what makes some of the country's top financial movers and shakers tick.
He meets Sir Ronald Cohen, a man who revolutionised British business and who personifies the relationship between money and political power, having donated almost two million pounds to the Labour party and bankrolled Gordon Brown's leadership campaign.
As Britain's first ever venture capitalist, he raised investment for risky new businesses the banks wouldn't touch and without him there would have been no Dolly the Sheep, Waterstones bookshops or Chris Evans's Virgin Radio.
It has given him a huge personal fortune, but critics of this new enterprise culture say it is to blame for asset-stripping, redundancies and saddling companies with huge levels of debt.
Gerry Robinson explores what kind of man thrives in this environment.
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