Charlie Mullins is a deeply contradictory and complex figure - from a deprived council-estate childhood in south London to founding a plumbing empire, cashing out for £148 million and remaking himself as a global-living, politically outspoken tycoon.

He embodies both the grit of old-school trades and the excesses of modern wealth. His post-sale life is marked by public provocation - from giant anti-Brexit signs to incendiary social media posts, and threats to relocate his wealth abroad which are now in force as he is here to get his residency.

His journey offers a potent lens: success, escape, conflict, and reinvention, but also tension, moral ambiguity. He is confrontational, outspoken and a political provocateur.

2:40 – Charlie's childhood

6:03 – Plumber apprenticeship

09:56 – Bill, the man Charlie looked up to

17:28 – The importance of apprenticeships

20:22 – Success is simple

21:58 – Nearly going bankrupt

25:34 – Selling for 148 million

26:19 – Charlie's regrets

32:17 – People pay for quality

40:53 – London is unsafe

45:16 – The importance of having a job

50:08 – Coming to Dubai

54:15 – Favorite things about Dubai

57:31 – Youngsters don't have a future in the UK

1:02:53 – An opinion that would break the internet

1:04:43 – Harshest truth about success

1:07:25 – Charlie's message to Bill

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#382: From Plumber to £148M Exit: Charlie Mullins on Grit, Failure & Building an Empire