Business Daily meets: Ben Ainslie
Business Daily
BBC
4.4 • 816 Ratings
🗓️ 8 March 2024
⏱️ 18 minutes
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Summary
Sir Ben Ainslie is the most decorated Olympic sailor of all time, winning medals at five consecutive Olympic Games.
Since then, he's been sailing in the America’s Cup and more recently in the new SailGP league.
Now, he's stepping back from some of his sailing responsibilities to concentrate on being a CEO.
For this episode of Business Daily, Sam Fenwick talks to Sir Ben about what it takes to run a sailing team, how to monetise the sport, and where he sees its future.
(Picture: Sir Ben Ainsley. Credit: Emirates GBR)
Presenter: Sam Fenwick Producer: Hannah Mullane
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| 0:00.0 | I'm Sophia Smith Gaila and I'm Sachi Cole |
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| 0:17.1 | Well he's shot through unnoticed and they're up and foiling on board, |
| 0:26.1 | Amherst great Britain, they're going to lead the fleet to mark one from here. |
| 0:29.5 | Sailing isn't always seen as a spectator's sport. |
| 0:32.9 | It's hard to follow as a fan because it usually takes place far from the shore, |
| 0:37.4 | places where TV cameras |
| 0:38.9 | can't reach. But all that is starting to change. Here we go, Mark number one, race number four |
| 0:44.8 | on Championship Sunday. Today, Business Daily from the BBC World Service meets the most decorated |
| 0:50.5 | Olympic sailor of all time as he steps back from sailing and steps into the boardroom. |
| 0:56.9 | This realisation came that that kind of wasn't success in the water wasn't really enough. |
| 1:01.1 | I had to really get out there and get my suit and tie on and go out and sell the sport. |
| 1:06.1 | I'm Sam Fenwick and today I'm talking to Sir Ben Ainsley, winning medals at five consecutive games |
| 1:13.3 | for Team Great Britain, going on to Skipper and become CEO of British sailing teams in the |
| 1:19.3 | America's Cup, and more recently, the Sail GP League. |
| 1:24.5 | In SailGP, you've got six people on the boat and you're getting this conversation between them. |
| 1:30.0 | If there's an interaction between another boat, you pick that up. |
| 1:33.3 | The tension, that is great viewing. That's great drama. |
| 1:36.7 | As the boss of the British Sail GP team, he's part of a new global sailing competition, |
| 1:42.8 | where teams compete in the fastest, most advanced |
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