business: Having called his investment firm Risk Capital Partners its boardroom, at least at one time, housed a roulette wheel Johnson is clearly not afraid to take a chance, even buying more than one bingo business, according to The Guardian. In the past he has taken a financial hit from investing in books at Borders and newspapers with Sunday Business; both ventures ultimately failed. As he picks over the crumbs of Patisserie Valerie's precipitous collapse, Johnson can at least console himself with his own advice that a willingness to fail is the mark of a good entrepreneur. But as he mulls over the lessons from on one of his most disastrous business forays thus far, Johnson can look back on a 40-year investing history which includes many successes as well as flops. He had stints working at TV-AM as an assistant to the former Tory MP Jonathan Aitken, who was an investor in the broadcaster, and then as an analyst at investment bank Kleinwort Benson. Grammar school-educated Johnson began his business career at 18 when he organised parties and raves as an Oxford medical student.
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