LONDON - Andreas Panayiotou has a property empire worth 400 million pounds ($ 5.5 trillion) and was ranked the richest 200 people in the UK. On Friday (6/3/2011), he makes a startling confession. "I can not read," he said.
Father of five children it was not willing to learn to read. "As a kid I tried hard to read," said 45-year man. He decided to quit school at age 14.
Beyond the problem of dyslexia, Panayiotou never denied that he hated reading as a child. "So as an adult I have a certain way to avoid it."
So he has a special trick to outsmart the weaknesses that. "I have an incredible memory, photographic memory. I recognize the form to recognize a word, without the need to be able to read," he said.
On the road for example, in addition to memorize traffic signs, she memorized form of the word street name or the name of the city. Unfortunately, that trick does not apply in every case. "If there is a new last name which I did not recognize, I could not. So also with filling out the form as a passport. That's my forbidden area," said the man who was once a boxer's.
Despite having serious deficiencies, he successfully built a business empire that amazing. At a young age, the Greek immigrant's son bought a small plot of land in Islington. Slowly he built it into an apartment building. From there the business grew. In 2007, he managed to sell thousands of homes. Now the focus switches to the hotel.
His company, The Ability Group, now owns seven hotels. The most brand is the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel London worth 70 million pounds ($ 979 billion). He also will sell "most expensive house in Britain", a newly renovated property in Hamstead. He hoped the house was sold at 100 million pounds ($ 1.3 trillion).
His home in Epping Forest area of 8 hectares. He also has three private planes and a yacht.
He believes his success is because of dyslexia because of the shortcomings that, he must train yourself to work harder than anyone else. "Overall, a strong urge to prove that I mean, a very strict discipline, and pride that I have achieved is a result of feelings of shame and about which I had experienced because lags behind other children who could read," Panayiotou said.
"By flipping dyslexia, you managed to develop other talents. I train the mind to have a strong memory. We become more creative in solving problems because our minds are forced to work to understand is going on around us."
"Our mind is always trying, trying, and trying. We are so much stronger because of learning problems are part of life," he said.
Panayiotou is now actively involved in the campaign to overcome illiteracy. "The ability to read is a basic thing like eating," he concluded.
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