At the age of 14, Doherty began making jams from his grandmother’s recipes. As the word got out, he began receiving more orders than he had time to fill. He dropped out of school and rented a 200-person factory a few days each month. In 2007, a high-end U.K. supermarket approached Doherty about selling his jams leading to his products gaining shelf space in 184 stores. By 2007, his company had $750,000 in sales. Since then, his company has continued to grow throughout Europe.
That must be some really good jam if he dropped out of school for it. He must be making a good deal of profit to be able to pay facility rent and staff. What is interesting to me is that is this is such a basic condiment and yet he makes his stand out.