Meet Britain’s richest plumber who tends celeb houses, flies in private jets and has multi-million homes in London and Spain… all after leaving school at 15
AFTER leaving school at 15 Charlie Mullins plugged away to become Britain's richest plumber.
Now 64, Charlie lives between his £8 million London penthouse and a lavish villa in Spain worth £14 million.
To get between his two multi-million pound properties, Charlie uses a private jet and drives two Bentleys worth £350,000 each.
Charlie, who appears on Monday's episode of How Did You Get So Rich?, explains to comedian Katherine Ryan where all his money came from.
The plumber left school at 15 and became and entrepreneur; setting up his own business, Pimlico Plumbers, in 1979.
Charlie has now been named as Britain's richest plumber and his company is worth around £70 million .
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It now employs 300 people and has celebrity clients including Richard Branson and Simon Cowell as well as ex Prime Minister David Cameron.
On the show, which airs on Channel 4, Katherine Ryan is treated to a ride in the Rod Stewart fan's Bentley, a visit to his luxury London pad and drinks champagne on his private jet.
The comedian is jetted out to Marbella, where the pair look around another luxury villa that the plumbing mogul plans on purchasing to boost his portfolio that already contains two properties in the area.
Charlie tells Katherine about his love of singer Rod Stewart and how he thought about plumbing from the age of nine.
The pair are seen chatting about Charlie's success on board the private jet too.
He said: "What makes us different is we're a top company, we provide the best plumbing services out there.
"We turn up there the time you want us, we are very transparent, we’re all good looking guys, if we provide something that they want and a good quality service then why won’t you be successful?";
While looking around the first luxury villa, the pair are seen joking about Charlie's cockney accent and even twerking on the balcony of the plush pad.
But ultimately, Charlie foregoes buying the home, instead opting for another £13.8 million villa and assuring Katherine he won't have to scrimp and save after his massive purchase.
He explains: "No we'll take on more plumbers and do more work out here. I think we can afford it."
Mullins grew up on a South London council estate and left school at 15 with no qualifications. He began an apprenticeship in plumbing for four years.
He started Pimlico Plumbers from a basement six years later and the business is so successful that Charlie is now worth £70 million.
How’d You Get So Rich? airs Monday March 13 on Channel 4 at 10pm
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