A Liverpudlian scaffolder has bagged a £62 million pay day after putting his sports supplement business on the London Stock Exchange.
After six years of juggling scaffolding work and selling supplements full-time, Mr Ryder created Applied Nutrition and began working from a small factory in Knowsley. His company's exponential growth attracted eyes from huge UK retail chains such as Asda's co-owner Mohsin Issa and Tom Morris - who founded Home Bargains.
He told the publication: 'The US is the big goal. We are in an industry worth £189bn and the US is 50pc of that.He added: 'Our priority is to keep growing. We have not scratched the surface of where we can be. The growth opportunity ahead of us is huge.'