Lonely Planet and the BBC
I met Tony Wheeler, who with his wife Maureen founded Lonely Planet - at an entrepreneurship gala held by London Business School a few months ago. The guy was a lot of fun. He was humble, honest and engaging. He spoke about how his wife was the business minded one of the two of them. And of how he was really passionate about traveling. In fact the couple didn’t really plan on building an international business, they were just enjoying travelling during a gap year after Tony had finished his MBA.
So I was pleasantly surprised to hear that Lonely Planet had been acquired by BBC’s worldwide commercial arm. Surprised in a good way in that it’s a great success story for an Alum. And I hope it means that Tony and Maureen will continue on with their adventures.
It really couldn’t have happened to a nice guy. Not to mention its a great success story for London Business School! And we can use a few more of these!
