The Winding Road

REVIEW SUMMARY
Business. Bentley's Resort Hotel, Osprey
Industry. Hotel
Key. Owners spent at least $6.5 million on a massive renovation project.

Paul Martin grew up in government-run public housing in Farnham, England, a rough knuckles kind of town southwest of London. He dropped out of school when he was 13.

But Martin turned his life around. He learned a trade and became an electrician by the time he was 17. He ultimately ran a 300-employee business that rebuilt, refurbished and maintained office buildings and large residences. At one point, his firm ran facilities management at Windsor Castle, home of the Queen of England.