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Jeff Fairburn is chief executive of Persimmon 蜜芽传媒s, one of听the UK's largest house builders.

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Jeff was educated at Fulford Comprehensive in York, before joining local construction firm William Birch & Sons in 1983. In 1987 he听joined developer McCarthy & Stone as a trainee quantity surveyor on the Youth Training Scheme, before听moving to听Persimmon in 1989.

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Jeff quickly rose through the ranks at Persimmon. In听2006 was appointed managing director of the company's northern division, and joined听the main board three years later. He听became group managing director in 2012, and group chief executive in 2013.

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Tristan's first job was washing dishes at a French restaurant in Chester, before becoming an apprentice chef at a country house hotel in Cheshire. He later went to work on music tours, cooking for stars such as the Rolling Stones, Pet Shop Boys and Robbie Williams.

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The idea for pieminister came on a trip to Australia; Tristan says he dreamt up the name while eating a pie on Bondi Beach. Today the company manages ten restaurants, as well as supplying major supermarkets and retailers.

Margareta Pagano is a former business editor of the Independent on Sunday.

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She now writes columns and business interviews for a range of publications, including the Independent, Independent on Sunday and London Evening Standard.