Richard Koch

About Richard Koch

Richard Koch is an entrepreneur, investor, former strategy consultant and author of many books on business and ideas, including four books on how to apply the 80-20 principle in any walk of life to work less, yet multiply fun and profit. He is not just a theorist, but also a practitioner. In the past 37 years his investments have grown at 22% compound per annum. Companies he has started or actively invested in include Filofax, Fanduel, Plymouth Gin, Belgo, Auto 1, and Betfair, the world’s largest betting exchange. Richard co-founded LEK, now a global strategy consultancy, and it grew from 3 to 350 professionals when Richard was there.

The 80-20 Principle was substantially updated in 2017 and has sold more than one million copies. It was named by GQ magazine as one of the top 25 business books of all time. Richard's latest book is Unreasonable Success and How to Achieve It. In it Richard draws an original map of success which he says can propel anyone to new heights of accomplishment. High success, he says, does not require genius, consistency, or even basic competence, but it does require 9 key ‘landmarks’, attitudes and strategies which are common to nearly all people who change the world.

Richard is a prolific blogger and podcaster, and has recently been featured at great length on a very popular edition of The Tim Ferriss Show.