Matt Milchard

Matt started his first business at the age of twelve, making and selling garden ornaments. A few years later at eighteen he started a desktop publishing company with a lifelong friend. Matt graduated at twenty one with a BSC Hons in building surveying and began buying property. By the age of twenty six, Matt had already amassed a large property portfolio with a value of over £3 million.

On the 26th August 1999 Matt, moving in a new direction, launched the Pyramid Group of companies starting with Pyramid Productions Ltd with which he planned to tour local schools performing pantomimes for children aged 3-11. This started with 30 performances in the first year and now performs to over 750 venues in December alone!

While building the Pyramid Group Matt was also working on a pop and TV career touring around the world in the boy band Impact, and appearing on TV shows such as East Enders, The Bill, and Casualty. All while modelling for Armani, Ralph Loren and Top Man.

Just after his 29th Birthday, Matt had to face one of the biggest challenges in his life. While out in Marbella he ate a steak which unbeknown to him was loaded with Botulism poisoning.

Within days Matt was in intensive care with a tracheotomy in his throat fighting for his life, the first case of botulism poisoning in forty years. With further complications he wasn't expected to survive and spent 6 months in hospital completely paralysed head to toe.

Matt never gave up and through sheer determination and commitment made an almost full recovery, but even now he is still unable to smell or taste and is now very careful about what he eats. Read the whole story here.

Matt is now the director of 9 companies, many of which are part of the Pyramid Group. Notably Pyramid Productions is now the market leader in children's touring pantomimes and tours all year round, covering every corner of the U.K, and employs up to 100 people.

One of Matt's driving forces is that he really enjoys business. His hard work and determination has paid off and he now enjoys days in the office working alongside his team who look after the Pyramid Group constantly coming up with new and exciting ideas for business every day.