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Castaway guests share the soundtrack of their lives.

Eight tracks, a book and a luxury: what would you take to a desert island? Guests share the soundtrack of their lives.

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Terry Leahy

Desert Island Discs: Sir Terry Leahy

Sir Terry Leahy

03/02/2013

BBC Radio 4 - Desert Island Discs, Sir Terry Leahy

Sir Terry Leahy, former CEO of Tesco, is interviewed by Kirsty Young.

Sir Terry Leahy, former CEO of Tesco, is interviewed by Kirsty Young, and discusses his path from shelf-stacker to chief executive.

Kirsty Young's castaway is Sir Terry Leahy, the businessman and former CEO of Tesco. 

His first job with the company was as a teenager when he worked as a shelf-stacker, but he made his name transforming the supermarket from a lack-lustre brand into Britain's biggest retailer. 

His ascent to the very top was marked by a fundamental understanding of his customers' needs and a single minded determination, powered, he says, by a fear of failure.

He says of himself, "I was a relatively shy guy from a council estate and an unlikely chief executive, I'm quite happy not to be in the limelight".

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