What does it take to build a global fashion brand from a £500 loan — and what happens when you lose it all?

In this episode of FounderMetrics, host Ifty Nasir sits down with Roger Saul, founder of Mulberry, one of the UK’s most iconic fashion brands. Roger shares his incredible journey from selling belts on Portobello Road to winning the Queen’s Award for Export, expanding into luxury retail, and building an empire. But success wasn’t linear — Roger opens up about his conflict with investors, being ousted from his own company, and what it taught him about resilience, reinvention, and identity.

He then shares how he rebuilt from scratch — turning a Somerset farm into the award-winning Sharpham Park, pioneering organic spelt farming, launching a designer outlet village, and navigating Brexit’s brutal impact on exports.

This is a powerful story about vision, grit, reinvention, and the harsh realities of entrepreneurship.

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